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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, here’s your markets (opens as…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Bean drilling and unexpected slug damage

As enter the second half of October, the promised deluge still has not arrived. Cereal drilling is well advanced and wheat emergence in some areas has been protracted and patchy.…

PULSES

How bicropping helps with weed control in pulses

Growing two crops in the same field at the same time has proved to be a valuable tool for managing weeds in pulses for one organic arable farmer. Matt England,…

PEST MANAGEMENT

Spray or stay in SFI? Aphids force tough choice

Widespread reports of aphids, gout fly and leafhoppers are being spotted in emerging cereal crops, putting immediate pressure on growers to consider insecticide use. Even those who opted for the…

BARLEY

Trial shows beans can cut carbon footprint of spring barley

Research shows that adding beans into cereal rotations can reduce fertiliser use, lower environmental impacts and, in most years, increase the yield of the barley crop that follows. Scientists analysed…

Livestock

 

MAIZE

Farmers keeping rare breeds are struggling to access bluetongue vaccines, raising concerns about the threat the disease poses to vulnerable native livestock populations. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has…

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COMBINES

Ultimate guide to buying a combine 2027

A difficult harvest has left some growers with little appetite for a big machinery bill. Where underwhelming yields have squeezed returns, replacing a combine becomes a harder decision: keep an…

SPRAYERS

Agrifac develops electric powertrains for sprayers

Growers and contractors could tap into the benefits of electric propulsion on their next self-propelled sprayer, thanks to a new drive platform developed by Agrifac. Rather than committing to a…

ATVS AND UTVS

Farm-built Fryars wheel lock tackles annoying ATV thefts

Eight years of head-scratching, metal cutting, welding and more head-scratching has gone into the design of a new ATV security device that’s now patented and on sale. Will Fryars says…

PLOUGHS

Amazone Teres 300 furrow plough gets on-land capability

Amazone engineers have reworked the front end of the Teres 300 heavy-duty mounted plough to make it capable of on-land as well as in-furrow operation. The added versatility means the…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Kate Bell, a partner in Albert Goodman’s farms and estates team, advises on how…

Transition section

ELM

Thousands of Welsh farmers have received 80% of their annual support payments early, in a move aimed at easing financial pressures on farm businesses. Figures released by the Welsh government…

Opinion

OPINION

When thumps and bumps could be heard from the farmhouse landing at 4.55am, it presented a mystery. It was at the end of the long hot spell, so was already…

Community

COMMUNITY

There’s something tremendously evocative about a ploughing match. It might be the smell of freshly turned earth combined with diesel fumes and the faint whiff of distant tobacco. See also:…

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, here’s your markets (opens as…

OPINION

What do Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Andy Burnham have in common? More than Burnham would probably like to admit. All three are instinctive politicians, drawn to grand gestures and…

WILL'S WORLD

There’s something tremendously evocative about a ploughing match. It might be the smell of freshly turned earth combined with diesel fumes and the faint whiff of distant tobacco. See also:…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The impact of the recent spring and summer droughts on our light land was taken to a whole new level this year. There is even threat of worse weather next…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We are in the middle of drilling winter wheat. All being well, we should have the majority finished by early October. The soil is dry, but has been working nicely…

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NEWS

Clarkson's Farm Season 5 official trailer drops

Amazon has released the official trailer for Clarkson’s Farm 5, with the latest instalment promising high-tech machinery, mounting financial pressure and one of the darkest seasons yet for Diddly Squat…

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

FW Podcast Ep 327: Farm tax breaks ahead of Budget

Farm leaders are calling for an urgent rethink of inheritance tax and investment allowances ahead of the Autumn Budget on 28 October. With farm investment stalling and confidence at a…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 326: Red diesel prices and AI

Soaring diesel prices are putting fresh pressure on farm businesses – and the outlook suggests volatility could continue well into 2027. In this episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast, we…

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