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A new petition launched by farmer and campaigner Olly Harrison is calling on the UK government to introduce a 12-month amnesty on proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and…

ARABLE

Arable Insights farmers weigh up a future without subsidy

This month, our Arable Insights farmers are considering all the options as they ponder the future of farming. With government support for both food production and nature recovery paused in…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Broad-leaved weed flush and T2s in wheat

With the T2 flag leaf spray timing approaching in wheat, there is scope in the South to ease rates a little with the low disease pressure and a dry forecast.…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Why growers need flexible T2 plans as dry spell continues

As the T2 spray timing approaches, keeping enough flexibility in spray programmes as the dry spell continues is occupying the minds of growers and agronomists alike. With T1 sprays completed…

OILSEED RAPE

Lower flea beetle numbers found in monitoring project

Results from a nationwide cabbage stem flea beetle monitoring project suggest farmers can approach the growing season with renewed confidence. Assessments of stem larvae levels in the spring of 2025…

Livestock

 

BEEF

Vaccinating youngstock for lungworm has resulted in an 87% reduction in the use of macrocyclic lactone wormers among dairy farmers who took part in a Welsh study. The trial was…

4X4S

Isuzu goes electric with 190hp D-Max EV pickup

Isuzu has become the first mainstream pickup maker to introduce a model with a fully electric drivetrain that will be sold in the UK. Using the same chassis, body and…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Massey Ferguson unveils new twin-chamber conventional baler

There has been a flurry of new developments in the small baler world in recent months, the latest of which was Massey Ferguson's launch of a new twin-chamber conventional baler…

ROOT CROP HARVESTERS

Grimme revamps Varitron harvester for quicker crop changes

Growers needing to reconfigure their harvester to handle different vegetable crops will find it an easier job on the latest version of Grimme’s Varitron two-row, self-propelled harvester. Standardising the design…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Workshop Legends: Articulated tractor king John Nicholson

If you set out in search of advice on high-horsepower artic tractors, your quest would probably immediately take you across the Atlantic. But hidden deep in North Yorkshire there’s a…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

In addition to Lantra’s work as a leading land-based organisation, developing training and qualifications, we also undertake research into labour workforce requirements and training needs. Being part of the Sustainable…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Ted Beale, Associate Partner with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the merits…

Transition section

ARABLE

Farmers Weekly's Transition project is following a group of farmers on their journey to adapt and meet the challenges of farming. Here, we look at the progress of two farms.…

Opinion

OPINION

The dark art of influencing politicians and others to act in farming’s interests is always an important topic for farmers. It’s not often that food producers feel well understood by…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

This week’s photo is of collie dog Chase - or Mr Chase, as Amba Pattison, who sent the photo in, calls him. Mr Chase was out with Amba doing the…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, the markets (opens as PDF).…

OPINION

There is always pleasure to be taken in a landlord-tenant relationship where there is goodwill on both sides and a desire to collaborate. As journalists, too often the stories we…

WILL'S WORLD

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same” – so wrote Rudyard Kipling, in his seminal 1895 poem If. I’ve always particularly…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

A very dry end of March and April has enabled an easy spring drilling and spraying period. A year ago, this land spent six months under 3m of water. We…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I think it is safe to say that in my two short years at home on the farm, I have experienced the best and the worst that spring has to…

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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…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - Milly Garnett, Ayrshire

In the penultimate article in our series focusing on a farmer born in each of the decades since Farmers Weekly first published in the 1930s, we meet young farmer Milly…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 252: Crops swelter as temperatures soar

Record-breaking temperatures see crops sweltering in the spring sunshine. A worry or just another challenge for arable growers? UK former home secretary James Cleverly and Save British Farming campaigners say…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 251: Farmers walk succession-IHT tightrope

In this episode, one in three farmers fear their children will sink the farm business when it's handed on to the next generation. Why farming families are walking a tightrope…

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