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Don't let your business fall victim to the CASH CRUNCH
Farm businesses risk being starved of cash to foot the higher bills expected this year. Read FW's guide to keeping your cash flow out of trouble
27 June 2008
Tips for improving diesel efficiency on your farm
Red diesel prices have reached punishing new highs, so what steps can farmers take to protect their business against spiralling fuel costs? Paul Spackman investigates
06 June 2008
Video: NFU president Peter Kendall urges farmers to be positive
Farmers need to continue to be positive about their futures but will need to ensure they use new technologies to improve efficiency to realise sustainable profits, Peter Kendall told visitors to Grassland and Muck 2008
22 May 2008
Tesco defends its plans to benchmark producers' costs
Tesco has defended its plans for dairy farmers in its direct supply group to reveal their costs of production despite claim from some producers that the move amounted to “blackmail”.
19 April 2008
British Sugar's beet pricing for 2008 is insulting, says analyst
British Sugar's pricing structure for the 2008 sugar beet crop was "insulting" and growers should consider not growing the crop, particularly if they average 62.5t/ha (25t/acre) or less, the Norfolk Farming Conference heard.
26 February 2008
Subsidy income accounts for all farm profit according to the annual Farm Profits Survey
Subsidy income now represents 97% of farming profit, according to the annual Farm Profits Survey by of the Institute of Chartered Accountants' Farming & Rural Business Group.
23 January 2008
Understand costs to maximise potato profits
Potato growers are being urged to make use of a revised version of the British Potato Council’s enterprise costing and benchmarking CD
03 October 2007
Charity calls for inspection scheme changes to cut farmer stress
The charity Farm Crisis Network calls for changes to the farm inspection process to make them less stressful for farmers
24 July 2007
Internet offers chance to improve crop records
Farmers can improve data sharing and protection of their crop records with help from the internet.
21 June 2007
Scottish Agricultural College launches energy audits
The Scottish Agricultural College has launched an energy auditing service which could slash farms’ energy bills by 10-15% a year.
12 June 2007
UK national combine driver of the year
A combine operator from Wiltshire has been awarded the title of UK National Combine Driver of the Year for his low losses, good sample and excellent output.
11 May 2007
