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MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Global grain markets have slipped further following news that Russia may look to restart the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which previously allowed the safe passage of Ukrainian grain through the…

ROTATIONS

Long-term spring OSR grower reveals his approach

Graham Bell has grown spring oilseed rape for more than two-and-a-half decades, and, with the right approach, is achieving higher margins than the winter crop it replaced. While spring OSR…

ARABLE

Bayer warns litigation costs threaten glyphosate

German agrochemicals giant Bayer has issued a stark warning to farmers about the future of glyphosate, its widely used herbicide. The company said ongoing legal battles in the US were…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Beet drilling and gout fly warning in wheat

The dry spell has seen good progress with drilling, fertiliser and spraying – a huge contrast to last spring. It is also helping to reduce disease pressure after a wet…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Wheat grower goes for broad-spectrum disease control at T1

Suffolk wheat grower Richard Duchesne looks to select an early fungicide spray with a good broad-spectrum of disease control, and is pleased with his first use of the new SDHI…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

How is profitability increased by focusing on employee wellbeing and a positive work environment? Dr Ellen Joan Ford, a leadership expert from New Zealand, says that a leader’s job is…

CEREAL DRILLS

Kuhn revamps 4-8m Espro cultivator seed drills

A straight disc option for Kuhn Espro cultivator drills provides a moisture- and power-saving alternative to the 460mm scallop-edge concave discs fitted as standard. While the current fitment completes seedbed…

CULTIVATORS

Amazone unveils Venterra 1K crop hoe for 70hp tractors

Farms wanting to mechanically weed crops with a modest tractor of 60-70hp are catered for by Amazone’s new Venterra 1K hoe, which the manufacturer describes as a versatile “lightweight all-rounder.”…

MACHINERY

Britain's biggest machinery dealers ranked by turnover

Several common threads run through the annual reports filed by agricultural equipment dealers covering the 2023 trading period. Higher interest rates had a significant impact on stocking finance charges, which…

MACHINERY

Dealer update: Changes for JCB, Kubota and Deutz-Fahr

Dealers have taken up new machine franchises throughout the country as a challenging market throws up opportunities.  We round-up some of the latest changes across the UK, from expansions and…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Aiming to deliver a boost in housing construction and infrastructure projects such as roads and railway lines more swiftly, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced last week proposes an entirely…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Tom Hind, an associate with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the consideration…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Farm leaders have warned of a growing crisis following the sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme to new applicants, describing it as a move that has “blown…

Opinion

OPINION

Since Defra’s decision to pull up the drawbridge on the Sustainable Farming Incentive last week, thoughts among some of you have been turning to what this may mean for the…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

A farming family and their support team of more than 100 people from Ceredigion have rallied together to raise awareness for Down’s Syndrome by walking 100km (60 miles) of the…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. But first here’s your markets (opens as PDF). In…

OPINION

After all the speculation that this was the week Rachel Reeves would come for red diesel, many of you will have sighed with relief after digesting the chancellor’s Spring Statement…

WILL'S WORLD

As a child of the 1980s who loved science-fiction movies, I could only dream of the astounding technology that would be available to us by the time I grew up.…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The past five weeks have flown by, and I can’t quite believe we are into the middle of March and Arthur is seven weeks old. It seems that, at the…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Following February’s piece, I am pleased to announce the safe arrival of our newborn son. All are settling in well. However, the sleep deprivation that a newborn brings, combined with…

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COMMUNITY

Video: 90 and Counting: Mixed farmer, Frankie Turner, Leics

Fourth-generation farmer Frankie Turner, 18, tells Farmers Weekly about working with her family, her studies and her passion for welding. I live on Grange Farm just north of Leicestershire. We…

NEWS

Video: Farmers To Action stages ‘Say No to Labour’ protests

More than 1,000 tractors and farmers across the UK put aside their busy spring schedules – drilling, lambing and calving – to take part in a nationwide protest against what…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 246: Food production ramps up post SFI closure

In this episode, farmers ramp up food production following the closure of the government's flagship environmental scheme. Arable growers who were preparing Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications are now drilling…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 245: Options for farmers locked out of SFI

Just why did the government close its flagship agri-environment scheme without warning? We examine the options for farmers unable to join Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive. A new study says the…

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