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With its new Axion 950 Claas has entered uncharted waters. Topping out at 410hp it is now the most powerful conventional tractor in the world. Oliver Mark and Nick Fone gave it the Power Farming shake-down to see how it performs
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleLivestock producers are growing increasingly concerned over the spread of schmallenberg in the UK, so Farmers Weekly held a live web to enable readers to put their questions to the experts
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleGrain marketing business Openfield has posted strong financial results on the back of higher commodity prices last year.
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleWe knew it all along, but now a study has proved that farmers are a healthy bunch.
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleDEFRA has reassured farmers that sensitive information relating to them remains secure, despite admitting to five security breaches last year
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleThe trend towards dry springs has made malting barley growing more of a challenge, but a Hampshire grower's approach resulted in a 8.3t/ha crop with a gross margin of nearly £1,400/ha despite 2011 being one of the driest growing seasons
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleInfectious bronchitis is one of the most challenging diseases affecting both broiler and egg producers. Accurate diagnosis and appropriate vaccination are both key in keeping on top of the disease, as Poultry World reports
Posted: 10 February 2012 | Full ArticleWith market volatility and increased environmental legislation, good nutrient management has never been more important. But security is also crucial, with increasing numbers of fertiliser thefts fuelled by its high price and the risk that it may get into the hands of terrorist groups, warns Detective constable Mark Holman of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office . Ammonium nitrate is well-established as one of the best sources of bag nitrogen for UK conditions; but it is also recognised as a major ingredient in home-made explosives. To retain this valuable material, everyone involved in the UK supply chain – from manufacture to field – must take the potential for terrorist use as a serious, ongoing threat. Elsewhere in the world ammonium nitrate has been banned because security has failed; the most recent example being Afghanistan.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleRetailing from the farm is hard work but the rewards are there if you get it right
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleThe Badger Trust has warned that it intends to take legal action against DEFRA unless the department drops plans to cull badgers.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleMore farmers can expect to receive their single farm payments on time, claims the Rural Payments Agency, which has announced plans to overhaul its dated computer system.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleWide-ranging changes to Feed-in Tariff support for all types of renewable energy technologies have been unveiled by the government today (9 February).
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleGerman farm machinery makers enjoyed strong demand in 2011, according to the VDMA (the German equivalent of the UK's Agricultural Engineers Association).
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticlePaying farmers to feed their farmland birds during winter could become an option in stewardship schemes, following a study by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleView a timeline of key events in the history of Feed-In Tariffs (FiTs) for solar installations and a graph showing numbers of installations over the past 12 months
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleThe latest round in a landmark Scottish farm rent case has been won by the landowners following the Scottish Court of Session's ruling that single farm payment could be used in determining values on rented holdings.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleFarm retailers and farmers market operators gathered in Edinburgh to learn from each others' businesses at FARMA's annual conference. Nancy Nicolson reports.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleA farmer has bought The Norfolk Golf and Country Club near Norwich
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleThe Scottish government must pay back £35m in EU money to Brussels for errors in its single farm payment system.
Posted: 09 February 2012 | Full ArticleA mixed investment farm with commercial and residential lettings close to a motorway services is an unusual proposition but one with great scope.
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