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MARKETS AND TRENDS

Members of the NFU council have unanimously pledged to take personal action on farm safety, reinforcing the message that saving lives starts with small, intentional steps. The pledge forms part…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Residual herbicide now approved for pre-em use in wheat

Changes to the label for residual herbicide Xerton (ethofumesate) to include pre-emergence use in winter wheat promises to unlock additional activity against blackgrass. Previously, the label restricted its use in…

VARIETY SELECTION

Round-up of the 14 newly recommended winter barleys

Winter barley variety choice has expanded considerably ahead of this autumn, with 14 newly recommended varieties vying for some share of a smaller market. The number of regional recommendations on…

ARABLE

Leicestershire farmer to host new AHDB Cereals Strategic Farm

Osbaston House farm is the AHDB’s first Strategic Farm to be based in Leicestershire, where farmers will be able to see for themselves research and innovation being put into practice…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Why propyzamide use in OSR and beans remains in the balance

Delivering best practice for successful weed control with propyzamide while preventing it from entering water courses and reservoirs remains a difficult balance. What’s good for weed control frequently increases the…

Livestock

 

BEEF

Many farmers fall into the temptation of adding cubicles in a shed to cut building cost a cow. However, Ivor Davey from dairy housing and design company CowPlan says design…

ROLLS

Bednar's 12.3m Galaxy roller gets front paddle tine option

Greater output from an arable roller that also has soil-working capability is promised for the Bednar Galaxy GE 12300. This five-section implement covering 12.3m joins the current three-section models with…

CULTIVATORS

Pottinger debuts Tinecare V 12050 flexible tine harrow

Pottinger is building its mechanical weed control product range with the company’s first flexible tine harrow. The Tinecare V 12050 Master kicks off the introduction with a number of novel…

SLURRY TANKERS

SlurryKat mobile nurse tanks get high-strength sidewalls

Novel zigzagged sidewalls are the stand-out feature of the latest mobile nurse tanks built by SlurryKat. The chevron-style flanks of the County Armagh maker’s chassis-mounted “generation 3” vessels are press-formed…

MUCKSPREADERS

Muck and slurry field equipment: Where is it made?

In the face of intense competition, not only among themselves but from EU-based manufacturers, UK companies building muckspreaders and slurry handling equipment continue to hold their own with a decent…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Edward Beale of Carter Jonas and Andrew Morris of law firm Thrings…

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

A leading digital agronomy service has announced updated software tools to support users with Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) compliance. Precision agriculture service Rhiza is now offering SFI-compliant integrated pest management…

Opinion

OPINION

In the end, Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review on 11 June was widely regarded by farming and countryside groups as not as bad as it could have been, given the positively…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

My agronomist and I went for a walk around the winter barley, discussing how the year has gone so far and his predictions for harvest. “I think this field might…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your markets (opens…

OPINION

“First come the dreamers. Then the bankers. Then the salesmen. Then the sharks. Then the desperate. Then the thieves.” So said the fictional Tommy Norris, Billy Bob Thornton’s character in…

WILL'S WORLD

It was just a few seconds after getting a face full of wheat chaff and rat shit that I began to question my life choices. I’d done everything I could…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

With fairly consistent showers throughout May and early June, we’ve certainly had enough moisture to maintain yield potential in our area of Devon. And to top it off, the sun…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

A few months back, when it became apparent to me that my time with LSB pigs was going to come to an end, I found myself with an opportunity to…

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NEWS

Video: Earliest ever barley harvest for Merseyside grower

Merseyside arable farmer and YouTube personality Olly Harrison has kicked off his earliest ever barley harvest, starting on Thursday 26 June – a day ahead of his previous record set…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - James Harris, future farmer, Shrops

Future farmer James Harris, four, is the fifth generation on his family’s beef farm in Shropshire, where he lives with mum Katie, dad Robert and sister Florence, nine. About a…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 259: Red Tractor reform and bluetongue havoc

In this episode, a former NFU combinable crops chairman sets the pace of change at Red Tractor is too slow to win back farmers' confidence. Cross-border bluetongue restrictions on livestock…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 258: Spending Review, beef, and Cereals

In this episode, UK farm leaders voice dismay after three major British supermarkets start selling beef from Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand. Is the government's spending review really better than…

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