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FARM POLICY

Welsh farmers are being urged to ensure they comply with new bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) testing requirements ahead of further regulations coming into force on 1 July. BVD is one…

ARABLE

Warehouse boom an opportunity for farmers in prime locations

Changed shopping habits have seen online retail and distribution continue its rapid expansion. The warehousing and logistics sector has grown by 29% between 2010 and 2025. Well-positioned farmland with the…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Dyson Farming launches UK's biggest research farm

Learning by doing is the mantra behind the newly opened Dyson Farming Research Centre in Lincolnshire, as it aims to do something genuinely transformational for British agriculture. Sir James Dyson…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2026: Milling wheat offers premiums with lower inputs

Lincolnshire seed merchant Cope launched its new winter wheat variety at the Cereals 2026, offering growers an opportunity to earn milling premiums without the high inputs. The new variety Chessum is…

SOILS

No-till farm evolves to combat frequent flooding

Frequent flooding, poor arable prices and a desire to share knowledge with others is driving on-farm change for Tess Lincoln and her husband Tom. Their Leicestershire farm has a history…

Livestock

 

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Artificial intelligence is being used to improve management of health, welfare and performance on both individual pig farms and across the sector. As well as generating greater value from existing…

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SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2026: First-time entrant picks up top sprayer award

Scott Harrod has been crowned the 2026 Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year (Fsooty) at this week’s Cereals event – success at the first attempt for the Norfolk-based farmworker. The…

CEREAL DRILLS

Cereals 2026: Weaving reveals 12m trailed Sabre drill

There’s been a sizeable boost in working width for Weaving Machinery’s Sabre direct tine drill, which is now available in a high-output trailed format. Prior to this, an 8m mounted…

SPRAYERS

Driver's View: Ed Glover's Knight KT2060 trailed sprayer

Knight Farm Machinery unveiled the first example of its KT2060 trailed sprayer at the Lamma show, not only to passing tyre-kickers but also its eventual owner, Ed Glover of Andover-based…

SPRAYERS

Driver’s View: Neil Hall’s Landquip InTrac trailed sprayer

The InTrac is Landquip’s contribution to the world of high-output trailed spraying, armed with polyethylene tanks of up to 8,000 litres and booms as wide as 44m. The latter are…

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The costs of failure to properly organise those providing services to the business but not directly on the payroll can be a combination of personal, financial and reputational impacts. See…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Fred Quartermain, a partner in Thrings’ planning and environment team, advises on how agricultural…

Transition section

BPS

Farmers are being encouraged to use a new tool developed by the AHDB to calculate how different actions in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) could impact on their businesses. The…

Opinion

OPINION

I skim-read the brief article about a landscape recovery project, thought “that’s nice”, and moved on. But something made me go back and read it again. Various organisations, the “community”…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

Open Farm Sunday celebrated its 20th anniversary on 7 June, with more than 280 farms across the UK welcoming visitors to learn about food production, farming and countryside stewardship. Since…

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 are your markets (opens…

OPINION

The launch this week of the next bovine TB strategy for England by the independent TB partnership is a pivotal moment for any cattle keeper. If rubber-stamped by Defra, it…

WILL'S WORLD

In the illustrious 92-year history of the nation’s most popular and prestigious farming publication, I doubt anyone’s ever started a column with a fervent expression of love for the legendary…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

May used to feel like a quieter month on the farm – spring drilling completed, cattle turned out, and only the spraying left to keep on top of. These days,…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We have a brief respite before the summer workload of silage, hay and breeding begins. It’s a time to reflect on the spring just passed and work out where it…

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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 308: Relaunched SFI - what it means for you

This week, Defra confirms England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive will reopen for applications on 30 June – but only for some farmers, and with questions over budget. Farm business adviser Katie…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 307: Carbon cash delays and farm assurance

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review…

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