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FARM POLICY

Milk processor Crediton Dairy has called on its suppliers to reduce the amount of residual litres they are sending as it strives to deal with excessive milk volumes. The Devon-based…

POTATOES

Potato growers urged to share data to avoid losing stores

British potato growers are being urged to share data for the second season running to secure the long-term future of stores where a key sprout suppressant was used. CIPC (chlorpropham)…

CROP MANAGEMENT

How 14 family business partners run a 1,600ha mixed farm

Whyte Bros Farm, north of Dublin, operates a unique farming system, with 14 family business partners running the 1,600ha farm. The collaborative journey began in the 1950s when seven brothers…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Maize drilling and OSR flowering sprays

The kind conditions have seen a start to maize drilling in Northern Ireland and in the South West, with rain bringing welcome moisture for the pre-emergence herbicides. However, the rain…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Signature seed dressing helps grow fungicide-free crops

Irish farmer Tom Tierney has been no-till farming for a decade and is using a specialist seed dressing to kick-start crops into action and grow them without fungicides. The signature…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

A water system that is fit for purpose and can provide the correct quality and quantity of water is vital to maintain pig health, welfare and performance. Mark Jagger, assistant…

MUCKSPREADERS

Bunning muckspreaders get slicker Topcon iD1 display

The Topcon iD1 has been chosen by GT Bunning as the entry-level isobus display for its manure spreaders, replacing the ISOcan unit produced by Topcon subsidiary RDS Technology. The 7in…

CEREAL DRILLS

KRM debuts Sola GS300 direct disc drill for grass

Machinery distributor KRM and its seed-drill supplier, Spanish manufacturer Sola, have entered the market for disc coulter direct drills. The KRM Sola GS300 air drill is aimed primarily at sowing…

FORAGE WAGONS

Driver's view: Tom Dinsdale's Schuitemaker Rapide 580

Schuitemaker has been bolting forage wagons together at its Dutch factory since the mid-1980s and now has an extensive line-up to cater for farms big and small. We’re focusing on…

FORAGE WAGONS

Driver's view: Alan Ramsay's short-chop Krone RX 370

The RX is top dog in Krone’s mid-sized forage wagon line-up, with a trio of models offering capacities from 33cu m to 40cu m. Standout features include a pivoting headboard,…

TAX

Farmers across Britain are working with Regenerate Outcomes to grow profits and improve crop and livestock performance. Regenerate Outcomes provides one-to-one mentoring in soil health from experienced regenerative farmers.  The…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Polly Ridgway, legal director in Thrings’ agricultural litigation team, advises on a…

Transition section

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Further genetic improvements are needed to meet the challenges of modern agriculture, according to scientists hosting a Transition Project farm walk. The walk attracted dozens of farmers, growers and Transition…

Opinion

OPINION

When the Sustainable Farming Incentive’s (SFI) doors were suddenly slammed shut a few weeks ago, we breathed a small sigh of relief that we were unaffected. We have made it…

Community

FARMLIFE FRAMED

In the penultimate article in our series focusing on a farmer born in each of the decades since Farmers Weekly first published in the 1930s, we meet young farmer Milly…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. The weather appears to be improving into…

OPINION

What a shame for Sir Keir Starmer. Try as he might to ignore farming, it keeps getting shoved further up the pescatarian prime minister’s agenda. Now agriculture is a component…

WILL'S WORLD

Like everyone else who put spring barley in the ground this year, I’ve been praying for rain. Also like everyone else who put spring barley in the ground this year,…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

What a contrast we have from 12 months ago. But I’m quite happy with it, as the past six weeks have been very productive and good for the soul. It…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I hope everyone is well. Dare I say it, but we could do with some rain now. That said, the dry start to the year has been a blessing for…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Transition webinar: Renewable energy key points to consider

Renewable energy can displace fossil fuel use, cutting input costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Farmers Weekly Transition project webinar panel. But with a number of renewables…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - Milly Garnett, Ayrshire

In the penultimate article in our series focusing on a farmer born in each of the decades since Farmers Weekly first published in the 1930s, we meet young farmer Milly…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 250: Endangered hedges and bonanza beef vision

In this episode, we get to grips government grants to fund on-farm innovation and technology to improve productivity. With British Beef Week around the corner (23-30 April), we run the…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 249: Farm profitability and yellow rust

In this episode, the government appoints former NFU president Minette Batters to lead a Defra review to solve farming's "profitability problem". Her appointment – by Defra secretary Steve Reed –…

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