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HEALTH AND SAFETY

A group of European meat buyers have joined farmers and processors to learn about how British lamb is produced as part of a major inward trade mission. The three-day visit…

HARVEST AND CROP STORAGE

Sheds or silos? What to consider when upgrading grain storage

Farmers looking to upgrade their grain handling facilities have two main options: invest in a new shed or opt for silos. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Silos offer…

SOILS

Herts grower shares experience with Johnson-Su bioreactor

A source of protozoa and nematodes, the extract from a US-invented composter is part of one Hertfordshire grower’s five-year plan to improve soil biology and cut costs. Richard Blair, with…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Tips on cutting through the marketing hype for biostimulants

After a season when crops gave up in the summer drought, farmers may be tempted to try a biostimulant to help crops cope better next time. Some products can deliver…

ARABLE

Advice on managing grassweeds after low pressure season

Successful weed control was a highlight of last year’s growing season, with some of the lowest blackgrass pressures recorded in the UK over the past decade. However, experts are warning…

Livestock

 

HEALTH AND WELFARE

The outlook for the UK’s poultrymeat and egg sectors is buoyant as chicken gains market share from red meat, and egg demand strengthens as the high-protein food movement grows. See…

COMBINES

Oxbo rolls out sleeker-looking GP6300 pea harvester

A sleeker-looking pea combine available with more digital technology has rolled out of the Fakenham, Norfolk, factory of Oxbo, the Dutch-US specialist in vegetable crop harvesting. The new GP6300, available…

FARM MAINTENANCE

How to build a quality machinery shed on a sensible budget

As a general rule, farm machinery sits last in the pecking order when it comes to bagging precious shed space. And when it does get a roof over its head,…

ATVS AND UTVS

Can-Am Outlander ATV gets battery-power for 47hp Electric

A year after launching electrically powered Can-Am motorcycles, and before that a couple of electric snowmobiles, Canadian manufacturer BRP has installed its new Rotax E-Power battery drive unit into the…

MAIZE DRILLS

Sky Agriculture unveils telescopic Sonic precision planters

Sky Agriculture, which previously traded under the Sky and Sulky names, has unveiled a range of precision drills featuring folding and telescopic frames, quick-change row width settings and Isobus electronic…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Under changes to the inheritance tax (IHT) regime from April next year, each individual’s estate will have 100% agricultural property relief (APR) or business property relief (BPR), or a combination…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, planning expert Nicola Quick, a partner with Carter Jonas, sets out how…

Transition section

FARM POLICY

The balance between food production and environmental schemes continues to be a major discussion, particularly as just over half of farms in England reduced cropping for harvest 2025 to take…

Opinion

OPINION

Every farmer knows the feeling. You work the land, nurture a crop, invest time, labour and money, yet some of what you grow never leaves the farm. It might be…

Community

BRITAIN'S FITTEST FARMER

A beef housing system in Powys is designed to minimise labour, maximise animal health and welfare, and protect the farming system from increasingly frequent weather extremes. The Morris family replaced…

Week in focus

NEWS

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

OPINION

Last Saturday (13 September), new Defra secretary Emma Reynolds remarked on social media she had made her third trip of the year to Whipsnade Zoo, home to exotic animals from…

WILL'S WORLD

Continuing my long-standing series of unexpected comedy accidents, I’ve had another one, and I’m feeling very sorry for myself as I sit here typing with one hand. To cut a…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

What a month it has been, the largest swath of moor to burn in my lifetime has caused much worry to many and still smoulders in the peat today, two…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Harvest 2025 is done, and it must surely be the earliest – and possibly the easiest – on record. The spring beans were last to be harvested and were finished…

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NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Why seaweed is key to biological crop market growth

The global market for biological crop protection products is expanding at a rate four-and-a-half times faster than conventional chemistry.  Valued at $8bn (£5.9bn) in 2020, this figure is expected to…

HARVEST

Video: Drought hits milling wheat yields while proteins good

A Berkshire farm manager has been counting the cost of this year’s dry conditions, harvesting stunted and stressed wheat crops.   The Benham Estate, a mixed farm on the outskirts of…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 272: Autumn crops ripped up and MPs battle IHT

As growers rip up autumn cropping plans following another challenging season, we look at ways to get the best for your farm business. A new group of rural Labour MPs…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 271: Stewardship cliff edge, and calf strategy

In this episode, thousands of farmers face a cliff-edge when their countryside stewardship agreements expire – with nothing to replace them. Those with mid-tier schemes running out at the end…

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