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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Farmers supplying Yew Tree Dairy will be offered new direct contracts by Muller, following its acquisition last year, with contracts due to be introduced from 1 November. Producers will be…

VARIETY SELECTION

Why Essex grower is expanding Scope wheat area this autumn

Essex grower Jeremy Durrant is so impressed with the new top-yielding feed winter wheat variety Scope that it will take up a quarter of his 500ha winter wheat area next…

HARVEST

OSR bounces back, with good yields and fresh optimism

After several challenging oilseed rape (OSR) seasons, early harvest reports suggest the crop is on the road to recovery. Among the most striking yields was John Thomas’ crop of hybrid…

ENVIRONMENT

Award-winner shows ploughing can go alongside sustainability

Cambridgeshire farmer David Felce has been named this year’s winner of the BASF Rawcliffe Bridge Sustainability Award, for his focus on promoting biodiversity. David, who farms with his wife Hayley…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: Yields reflect drought-hit season

Rain has hindered harvest progress in some parts of the country this week, with crops on heavier land performing better than their lighter land counterparts. See also: Harvest round-up: A…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK DISEASES

Dai and Sophie Wilson have opted for a low-cost, low-input dairy system, which suits the uniqueness of their land and allows for the nature-friendly, high-welfare enterprise they want. Farm vet…

TECHNOLOGY

RootWave wins ÂŁ11m funding for electric weed control

Warwickshire-based RootWave has secured a useful capital injection to help roll out its patented electric weed zapping technology. The $15m (£11m) funding boost for RootWave, which includes $3m (£2.2m) in…

TECHNOLOGY

Field robotics firm Naio plunged into administration

New-tech robotics business Naio is operating under a court-appointed administrator. Naio Technologies was one of the earliest manufacturers of specialist autonomous work vehicles and has so far been one of…

TRACTORS

Fendt puts ÂŁ200k price on base spec 75hp e100 Vario tractor

Fendt has slapped a £200,000 base list price on its first full-size plug-in electric tractor, which is now on sale in the UK. The 75hp e107S Vario is based on…

UMBILICAL

Tramspread adds shorter single-axle Contractor slurry trailer

At more than 2m shorter than its twin-axle sibling, the compact single-axle version of Tramspread’s Contractor Trailer umbilical slurry setup should appeal to operators in areas where yard and field…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Planning conditions can be a mixed blessing, but making sure they are properly discharged or varied correctly is important.  The imposition of planning conditions allows development that wouldn’t otherwise be…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman sets out considerations on partnership capital…

Transition section

FARM POLICY

Managing a farm’s existing trees and hedges is a cost-effective way to add natural resilience to a livestock business without needing a big investment in new saplings or whips. Enhancing…

Opinion

OPINION

I had a profound experience recently. I discovered a deeply buried part of my character: my inner caveman. With all the gizmos of modern life – central heating, GPS-guided drones,…

Community

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

Thanks to farming community donations, heart health screening at Melton Mowbray Market will soon include simple ECG tests, improving early detection for farmers’ cardiac concerns. The Melton & Belvoir Agricultural…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the best content from Farmers Weekly in the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF). It’s been…

OPINION

“That’s very brave, minister.” The immortal words of Yes Minister’s permanent secretary Sir Humphrey when he wanted to advise the minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs, Jim Hacker, that…

WILL'S WORLD

We broke a harvest record yesterday. Not for yield, unfortunately – though early indications are that it’s going to be pretty decent this year – but for start date. We…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

June has been a busy month, starting with a visit from 30 American and Canadian farmers on a study tour of various farmers and wheat breeders. The group visited both…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Well, what can we say? Not a huge amount has changed with the weather side of things. Costa del Gelston is what we now call the farm. Grass just isn’t…

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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 263: Tom Youngs on farming and rugby

In this episode, former British Lion Tom Youngs shares his thoughts on farming and rugby. We run the rule on the government’s latest iteration of a national food strategy -…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 262: Dry weather - drought and wildfire fears

In this episode, as drought is declared in Yorkshire, we look at the impact of the dry weather across the country. Scotland faces a wildfire warning – following a 30,000…

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