Farmers Weekly Awards 2025

AWARDS

Jonathan Chapman of Atlantic Angus, Holsworthy in Cornwall is the Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 Beef Farmer of the Year. Jonathan has developed a profitable beef enterprise that is rooted in…

MACHINERY

Crop Services, Roxburghshire, is Farmers Weekly Contractor of the Year. From crude mounted sprayers to state-of-the-art, green-on-green systems and floppy discs to cloud storage, Scottish Borders-based Crop Services – and…

AWARDS

Ashley Jones of Smeaton Farm, Cornwall, is the winner of the Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 Mixed Farmer of the Year. Ashley Jones runs a truly mixed beef, sheep and arable…

POULTRY

Tom Bird of Ferry Lane Farms, Derbyshire is the winner of Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 Sheep Farmer of the year. Each day, Tom Bird reminds himself of the old army…

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FARM POLICY

The much anticipated downturn in farmgate milk prices appears to have arrived, with global and domestic market pressures coming to bear as winter approaches. Leading dairy co-operative Arla Foods confirmed…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Farmers reveal results of biological inputs trial

Two arable farmers were tasked with replacing 25% of their synthetic crop inputs with biological alternatives as part of a sustainable cropping project. We catch up with them to find…

ARABLE

Farmers Weekly Awards 2025: Arable Farmer of the Year

Richard Anthony of Tythegston Farm, Bridgend, Wales is the winner of Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 Arable Farmer of the Year. Rainfall exceeding 57 inches a year and fields running right…

AWARDS

Farmers Weekly Awards 2025: Mixed Farmer of the Year

Ashley Jones of Smeaton Farm, Cornwall, is the winner of the Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 Mixed Farmer of the Year. Ashley Jones runs a truly mixed beef, sheep and arable…

ARABLE

Farmers Weekly Awards 2025: Arable Adviser of the Year

John Sarup is the Farmers Weekly 2025 Arable Adviser of the Year. John is one of the UK’s foremost independent potato agronomists, combining more than 40 years of hands-on experience…

Livestock

 

HEALTH AND WELFARE

A laser-like focus on data to help his dairy farmer clients boost milk yields and trim costs while also looking to help train staff has seen Peter O’Malley win the…

MACHINERY

Farmers Weekly Awards 2025: Contractor of the Year

Crop Services, Roxburghshire, is Farmers Weekly Contractor of the Year. From crude mounted sprayers to state-of-the-art, green-on-green systems and floppy discs to cloud storage, Scottish Borders-based Crop Services – and…

HOES

More compact frame for 12m Einbock Chopstar-Prime hoe

Mechanical weed control specialist Einbock has taken another look at the design of its biggest inter-row cultivator and come up with a revised version. The 12m model in the Austrian…

4X4S

On test: Van-spec KGM Rexton Commercial looks good value

Hollowed out two-seater SUVs have had a resurgence of late, as car makers scramble to find tax-efficient alternatives to the double-cab pickup. South Korean brand KGM is one of the…

TRACTORS

JCB unleashes new 284-335hp 6000-series Fastrac tractors

Since its 3000-series Fastrac bowed out of production in 2018, JCB has had a sizeable void in the middle of its tractor range. But after five years of designing, engineering…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Nick Curnock, associate partner, Carter Jonas, advises on a neighbour agreement for…

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NEWS

NFU Scotland president Andrew Connon has urged the Scottish government to raise the budget for the Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) after unprecedented demand from farmers and crofters. The FFIS,…

Opinion

OPINION

In August I wrote a piece intended to initiate a conversation about the role of young children on farms, and their safety. It was not a comfortable subject, nor was…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

A fourth-generation farmer from Cumbria, Andrew Jackson, has lived with the debilitating effects of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) for more than 13 years. Despite this, he continues to work…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the fastest way to get the best bits of Farmers Weekly from the past seven days. First, here are your…

OPINION

There’s rarely a time when farm business advisers and accountants aren’t reminding farmers of the need for good forward financial planning. I hear bankers are asking a lot more questions…

WILL'S WORLD

With every couple, there’s one who has a cast-iron immune system and robustly breezes through life laughing off all forms of illness as if they have their own personal forcefield.…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I would like to start by remembering David Richardson. I first met David in 2010, when I interviewed him for my university dissertation. I remember driving to his farm and being…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Cleaning, clearing and maintenance are top of our farming agenda for the month of September. All those little jobs that never get done during the busy spring and summer seasons…

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NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Why seaweed is key to biological crop market growth

The global market for biological crop protection products is expanding at a rate four-and-a-half times faster than conventional chemistry.  Valued at $8bn (£5.9bn) in 2020, this figure is expected to…

HARVEST

Video: Drought hits milling wheat yields while proteins good

A Berkshire farm manager has been counting the cost of this year’s dry conditions, harvesting stunted and stressed wheat crops.   The Benham Estate, a mixed farm on the outskirts of…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 273: Special tsar to oversee tenant farming

In this week’s podcast, we have an interview with tenant farming commissioner Alan Laidlaw following his appointment. What does his new role mean for landlords and tenants? And how does…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 272: Autumn crops ripped up and MPs battle IHT

As growers rip up autumn cropping plans following another challenging season, we look at ways to get the best for your farm business. A new group of rural Labour MPs…

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