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MPs have accused the Environment Agency (EA) of unfairly targeting farmers and landowners with enforcement action, while failing to act on serious pollution by big industry and criminal gangs. In…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Irish farmer ditches fungicides on arable land cut-off

Irish arable farmer Samuel Deane is successfully growing fungicide-free crops on what is considered the very limit of viable arable land in the rain-drenched landscape of County Cork. Sam is…

ARABLE

Getting the most from on-farm ponds for wildlife

Often one of the most neglected on-farm habitats, ponds can really have an impact on wildlife considering the small area they occupy. Providing they remain unpolluted, ponds are refuges for…

WEED MANAGEMENT

New advice to maximise brome control in cereals

Cereal growers can simplify brome weed management post-harvest by responding to environmental conditions, regardless of the brome species present, says John Cussans, principle weed science consultant with Adas. Instead of…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: T3 ear sprays in wheat and black bean aphids

Some wheat crops are at the T3 timing and while recent showers have helped save crops from the drought, this has coincided with flowering bringing the increased threat of fusarium.…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

The UK would struggle with a severe animal disease outbreak and is insufficiently prepared to respond, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. While outbreaks of animal…

TECHNOLOGY

Kubota offers lower cost Value Line tractor guidance package

Replacing the original steering wheel with an electrically powered version and installing other bits of kit brings satellite-based guidance to any tractor – and Kubota has introduced just such a…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Staffing headaches as busy season sets in

The final member of this year’s Contractor Comment cohort is Stuart Wilson of Ross-shire outfit Allan WJ Wilson. Farmers Weekly finds out the highs, lows, tos and fros of running…

MACHINERY

DeLaval adds new features to VMS V300 auto milking system

New features and previous options now included as standard have been introduced by DeLaval for the 2025-spec V300 voluntary milking system. The main physical change is to the box that…

4X4S

On test: Electric assistance for Toyota Hilux Hybrid 48V

Years of unadulterated diesel propulsion have come to an end as Toyota has equipped its latest high-spec Hilux with a hybrid powertrain. Yet this is no ordinary pairing of combustion…

TAX

The traditional way of making phone calls is changing, similar to when analogue TV switched over to digital TV between 2007-12. This means the “public switched telephone network” (PSTN) will…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here Duncan Sigournay, partner and head of Thrings agriculture team, advises on a…

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FARM POLICY

John Newbury completed the purchase of the land at Chalksole Farm near Lydden in 2024 after considering several alternative blocks. On the land he is creating biodiversity net gain (BNG)…

Opinion

OPINION

The War of the Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies 2025 may not trouble historians in years to come, but those of us who lived through it will remember it as a…

Community

COMMUNITY

For me, it’s usually my noisy alarm and the hope of sunshine on my face – but lately I’ve been wondering what is it that really gets people up in the morning?…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best content from Farmers Weekly in the past seven days. First, the markets (opens as PDF) where there…

OPINION

This week Defra secretary Steve Reed ducked out of a scheduled appearance at the Royal Cornwall Show. Here’s what I wish he’d said to farmers at the showground if he’d…

WILL'S WORLD

I don’t particularly like this phrase – mainly because it makes me sound like one of those perma-furious types who spend their time writing letters to the Daily Mail or…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The winter wheats are starting to go backwards fast with the lack of rain. We have had 14% of our usual spring rain fall. That is 253mm less than usual,…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We are in the middle of mowing and raking, ready to start first cut silage. Grass yields are certainly down on last year, owing to a severe lack of rain…

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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…

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…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 256: Farming couple quit UK for France

In this episode, a UK farming couple quit the UK to go farming in France, saying they feel more valued by the French government. Defra declines to comment on reports…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 255: Changes to senior line-up at Defra and AHDB

In this episode, as senior civil servant Janet Hughes decides to leave Defra, we look at what it means for the Sustainable Farming Incentive. It's a revolving door at the…

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