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FARM POLICY

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First up, here are your market…

SUGAR BEET

Sugar beet growers remain optimistic despite disease risks

The future of British sugar beet looks positive, with domestic demand for sugar expected to stay firm and technologies such as gene editing offering longer-term opportunities. However, in the short…

DRILLING

Welsh grower changes drill for better seed placement

A change in drill and the launch of a new “mixed ration in a bale” service to local dairy, beef and sheep farmers are among the changes being implemented this…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Yield cap and disease control in spotlight at agronomy event

The recent Agronomy Exchange conference (11 February) offered insights into how UK arable farming can be fit for future challenges.  Farmers Weekly rounds up some event highlights. Agronomy focus shift…

CROP SELECTION

Maize for anaerobic digestion - how do the numbers stack up?

Growing maize to supply a local anaerobic digestion plant may look attractive for farmers in the right location, however haulage costs and yield variability can “make or break” profitability That’s…

Livestock

 

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

The UK egg sector is facing a serious investment gap in new housing, with ageing sheds and a sharp slowdown in construction raising concerns over future production, according to a…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Contractor builds tine toolbar drill

Trivett and Sons’ tine toolbar drill has been highly commended. After battling several challenging autumn campaigns, Lawrence Trivett, brother Alistair and dad Andrew decided to rethink their drilling fleet. That…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Planter cover keeps seed spuds dry

Charlie Beattie has won third place in our simple category. One of the many challenges facing Charlie Beattie when planting 250ha of potatoes in Perthshire’s unpredictable weather is keeping seed…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Tramline sprayer kills green wheelings

Andrew Myatt is winner of our simple category. Like many growers, Andrew Myatt has stopped putting in conventional tramlines with the drill, instead using his sprayer’s RTK guidance to follow…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: ATV-towed calf catcher improves safety

Aaron Scott has won second place in our simple category. Tagging newborn calves in the company of cranky mothers is now a safer affair at Lilburn Estate in Wooler, Northumberland,…

TAX

Private pension funds inherited between married couples and civil partners will remain free of inheritance tax (IHT) after 6 April 2027, but in other circumstances they may be subject to…

BUSINESS

Whether it's a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly's expert panel can help. Here Kate Bell, a partner in accountant Albert Goodman's farms and estates team, sets out…

Transition section

FARM POLICY

Rushing through a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU could have major consequences for British farmers and should be pursued with caution, MPs on the Environment, Food and…

Opinion

OPINION

We talk regularly about the problem of insufficient young people coming into agriculture and horticulture. A recent report from the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University,…

Community

YOUNG FARMERS

Like many middle-aged farmers who’re lucky enough to still have their old man around, I sometimes worry about mine. Not because he’s losing his marbles yet, you understand. Rather, the…

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NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First up, here are your market…

OPINION

What has been the greatest farming controversy of this still relatively young year so far? Some of you will answer the sorry state of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, our lead…

WILL'S WORLD

Like many middle-aged farmers who’re lucky enough to still have their old man around, I sometimes worry about mine. Not because he’s losing his marbles yet, you understand. Rather, the…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The current state of weather means there is very little to be excited about. With 250mm of rain during January, and February trying its hardest to keep up that pace,…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

As I write, the slurry spreading ban is being lifted in Northern Ireland, commencing the annual rush to get the slurry tanks emptied. However, with almost double the average January…

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Sheep farmer shares breast cancer survival story

A Ceredigion sheep farmer is sharing her breast cancer experience ahead of World Cancer Day on Wednesday 4 February to encourage rural communities to recognise symptoms and seek medical advice…

NEWS

Video: Farmers block Tesco and Asda depots in prices row

Farmers blocked access to major supermarket distribution centres in Oxfordshire and Leicestershire as part of escalating protests over food imports, supermarket pricing and government agricultural policy.  Tractors and vehicles were…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 293: Big drop in farmland sales

In this episode, we discuss the reasons behind a big drop in farmland sales – and it isn't all to do with inheritance tax. We join dozens of farmers who’ve…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 292: How to farm profitably without subsidies

In this episode, as concern grows about funding for the government's flagship agri-environment scheme, we look at ways to farm profitably without subsidies. Farmers who are doing just that share…

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