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FARM POLICY

After several buoyant years for the pork sector, falling pig prices are once again squeezing margins for producers. Finished pig prices have slipped by almost 8p/kg in the past three…

VARIETY SELECTION

11 new pulse varieties join PGRO Descriptive List

A total of 11 new pea and bean varieties have been added to the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) Descriptive List for next year. The latest additions include seven…

PEST MANAGEMENT

Farmers reminded to prepare for rat poison rule changes

Farmers will need to show proof of training and certification in order to purchase and administer professional rodenticides from 1 January 2026. The campaign for responsible rodenticide use (CRRU) has…

WEED MANAGEMENT

How to tackle the increasing problem of Italian ryegrass

Good crop rotations and cultivations are two critical factors in controlling troublesome Italian ryegrass in arable crops, in tandem with a good residual herbicide regime. These two cultural control methods,…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Post-em herbicide permitted for key winter wheat and barley

Farmers now have the option to apply Proclus or Bandur (aclonifen) in winter wheat and winter barley post-emergence up to the four-leaf stage, and the active can now be used…

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YOUNGSTOCK MANAGEMENT

Liming cubicles may not be anyone’s favourite job, but it remains an important task in mastitis control. Push/pull-along dispensers, auger-driven models (spreading lime with bedding sawdust), or the traditional bucket-and-mug…

FERTILISER SPREADERS

Latest Amazone fert spreader monitors throw to self-adjust

Manual fertiliser spreader adjustment could well become a chore of the past if Amazone’s latest technological development takes hold. Dubbed AutoSpread, it works by continually monitoring the spread pattern and…

CEREAL DRILLS

Novag bolsters direct drill range with 7.5m T-ForcePlus

The movers and shakers at Novag have wasted little time in adding another direct drill to the T-ForcePlus portfolio, just six months after being rescued from a financial precipice by…

TRACTORS

More power for facelifted Fendt 1000 Vario tractors

Fendt has lifted the lid on the fourth generation of its flagship 1000 Vario tractors, which are more powerful, cheaper to run and nicer to drive. Four models make up…

CEREAL DRILLS

Versatile Vredo DZ5 Overseeder sows three species at once

Both direct drilling and overseeding of multi-species swards are now possible with the latest iteration of Vredo’s Overseeder. The DZ5 is capable of sowing three different seed types or products…

LAND MARKETS

Efficient bookkeeping is fundamental to producing timely and accurate accounts for both tax and management purposes. Many arable farmers have March year ends and are likely to drop out of…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell, a partner with accountant Albert Goodman, explains how to approach…

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ENVIRONMENT

British agriculture’s true economic contribution is being “undervalued and misunderstood”, with urgent reform needed to reflect farming’s wider role in driving growth, jobs and food security, Baroness Minette Batters has…

Opinion

OPINION

For many UK farmers, the idea of sharing their farm data with larger companies and the wider agri-food supply chain feels like a huge risk. The perception is that this…

Community

FARMLIFE FRAMED

A Suffolk couple who began baking loaves in a garden potting shed have spent three years reshaping their family’s 110ha farm, creating a fully traceable soil-to-sourdough system that now supplies…

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

The decision this week to place last-minute restrictions on the right of farmers to protest in London on the day of the Budget was regrettable, particularly as the imposition came…

WILL'S WORLD

Even though in some circles it makes you about as popular as the bloke who shot Bambi’s mother, I really like hedgecutting. And if you didn’t realise that hedgecutting could…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The farm looks a picture at present. We have corner-to-corner wheat and barley. The wild bird mixes have been flowering and setting seed, and the cover crops have put on…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We tried the store lamb market this past week with my daughter’s Black Welsh Mountains, achieving a very respectable £92. The main flock is managed through to finishing, but these…

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Young farmers front powerline safety campaign

Two young farmers are at the forefront of a new safety campaign urging the farming community to stay safe when working near overhead power lines. The campaign has been launched…

NEWS

10 hare coursers evade police in dramatic chase

A group of 10 men suspected of hare coursing evaded Cambridgeshire police in a dramatic car chase on Saturday (11 October). The men were travelling in a four-by-four vehicle, with…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 281: Update on SFI, and new campaign against IHT

In this episode, Defra secretary Emma Reynolds reveals the government's latest thinking on relaunching the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Ms Reynolds was speaking during a Q&A session at the Country Land…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 280: Torturous wait for Defra's farming vision

Just why is it taking so long for the UK government to set out its vision for farming? As Defra secretary Emma Reynolds prepares to give her first major speech…

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