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MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

While the scourge of rural crime still cost the industry an estimated £44.1m in 2024, across the UK that still represents a welcome fall of 17% from the previous year’s…

ARABLE

Cereals 2025: Which environmental actions would farmers keep?

Talk at Cereals 2025 about “public money for public goods” being under threat means that growers visiting the event were considering which environmental actions would remain in place on their…

PULSES

Cereals 2025: More farmers wanted to help in major pulse project

More pulse growers are being sought to get involved in pea and bean research, as a major project ramps up the number of on-farm trials in 2025/26. Into its third…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Water hardness check key to glyphosate efficacy

Farmers could be losing up to 30% efficacy of glyphosate in hard water areas, thereby increasing the risk of grassweed resistance by delivering a sub-optimal kill. The discovery of glyphosate-resistant…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Digital agronomy service offers SFI update

A leading digital agronomy service has announced updated software tools to support users with Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) compliance. Precision agriculture service Rhiza is now offering SFI-compliant integrated pest management…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

A study involving eight commercial dairy farms has flagged up the value of scanning calf lungs for respiratory disease damage. Some two-thirds of the animals found with lesions had never…

MACHINERY

Rising costs leave European ag tyre production on the ropes

The €40bn (£34bn) industrial group Continental is quitting the agricultural tyre market – for the second time – as costs and competition threaten European production by other manufacturers. The Vredestein…

ROAD LEGAL

18 tractors caught speeding under Wales’ 20mph law

Tractors have joined the list of vehicles falling foul of Wales’ new 20mph speed limits, with 18 farm machines caught exceeding the limit in North Wales over the past year,…

CEREAL DRILLS

Alpego returns with Dtek power harrow combi drill

Opico has relaunched Alpego’s Dtek power harrow drill following increased demand for the improved weight distribution of a front-and-rear combination. The 350hp-rated power harrow unit comes with quick-fit, drop-forged tines…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2025: Budget Turkish sprayer maker targets UK market

Hailing from the central Turkish city of Konya, crop sprayer maker Ontar had made the journey to this year’s Cereals event with the hope of breaking into the UK market.…

PLANNING PERMISSION

A full inheritance tax (IHT) review should not only look at the farming and business assets, but draw up a list of all items that might come into charge for…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here Duncan Sigournay, partner and head of Thrings agriculture team, advises on a…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

NFU Scotland has called on the Scottish government to urgently commit to a multi-annual funding framework for agriculture. This follows the UK government’s Spending Review, which confirmed the Scottish government’s…

Opinion

OPINION

olbn Sometimes one observes bravery in plain sight. In this case, it was a senior partner of a firm of land agents suggesting to his audience of farmers that, shock-horror,…

Community

COMMUNITY

More than 260 tractors turned up for the Welsh National Tractor Road Run (WNTRR) in Pembrokeshire for its 13th anniversary on Sunday 15 June. They raised over £5,000 for the…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your quickfire guide to the best content from Farmers Weekly in the past seven days First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

At last, a glimmer of clarity as to how much spending power Defra has for the three financial years from April 2026 onwards. The combined budget for the Sustainable Farming…

WILL'S WORLD

What is it they say? Leave the farm once a week, the county once a month, and the country once a year. I’m not sure it fits particularly well with…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The rain has arrived and just in the nick of time. We had 48mm during the last 10 days of May, which has undoubtedly altered our harvest outlook for the…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I thought I would get this article in to Farmers Weekly in plenty of time. A few easier days have been enforced after an accident while shearing. Contrary to the…

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YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - James Harris, future farmer, Shrops

Future farmer James Harris, four, is the fifth generation on his family’s beef farm in Shropshire, where he lives with mum Katie, dad Robert and sister Florence, nine. About a…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Transition webinar: Renewable energy key points to consider

Renewable energy can displace fossil fuel use, cutting input costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Farmers Weekly Transition project webinar panel. But with a number of renewables…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 258: Spending Review, beef, and Cereals

In this episode, UK farm leaders voice dismay after three major British supermarkets start selling beef from Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand. Is the government's spending review really better than…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 257: Spending review - likely impact on farming

In this episode, we look at the likely impact of the government's spending review on UK farming and the environment. We have a sneak preview of this month’s Cereals event…

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