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Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the fastest way to find the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

3 key factors to help hit milling wheat protein specs

Optimising nitrogen use to meet milling wheat protein specifications without overstepping economic thresholds is a key factor to balance this season, particularly as grain prices remain feeble. Winter wheat crops…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Rapid spring growth and weeds in sugar beet

Some parts of the UK have seen some welcome rain in the past few days and conditions in the coming weeks will be critical to salvage as much yield potential…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Autonomous drone spraying poised to become a reality

Pioneering work by a group of drone experts could soon overcome the regulatory hurdles that have hampered drone use. The work involves allowing beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight, the aerial application of key…

POTATOES

New guide released to help tackle costly potato pests

Two potato organisations have jointly published a guide aimed at helping farmers manage a soil pest that results in yield losses estimated to cost the sector as much as £26m/year.…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK DISEASES

Bigger herds and increased milking frequency can see some parlours operating 20 hours a day and, inevitably, that puts pressure on machinery and people. Herd expansion necessitates a complete rethink…

FORAGERS

Contractor keeps costs down with quartet of ageing Jaguars

Regularly forking out for new forage harvesters is one way of keeping reliability in check, but Neil Jones has found it far more cost effective to build strength in numbers.…

401+HP

Case IH tweaks Magnum PowerDrive powershift transmission

Upgrades to the PowerDrive full powershift transmission and hydraulics system have been introduced for Case IH Magnum wheeled and Rowtrac semi-tracked tractors, along with a simplified choice of digital tech.…

100HP

Massey Ferguson unveils diddy MF 1M Series compact tractors

Massey Ferguson has begun the process of replacing its 1500 Series compact tractor range with two new “professional” models – the 20hp MF 1M.20, successor to the 1520, and the…

TELEHANDLERS

Bobcat and MF telehandlers get all-hydraulic transmission

Seamless acceleration to 40kph, improved fuel economy potential and new powertrain control functions come with a more sophisticated all-hydraulic transmission now available in selected Bobcat and Massey Ferguson telehandlers. In…

PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

A hasty move or an unexpected event can bring surprise tax liabilities and other complications when planning for the cut in inheritance tax (IHT) reliefs due to take effect from…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Ted Beale, Associate Partner with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the merits…

Transition section

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This month, our Arable Insights farmers are considering all the options as they ponder the future of farming. With government support for both food production and nature recovery paused in…

Opinion

OPINION

Michael Gove, the former Defra secretary, among other things, looked slightly diminished on stage this week at Chats­worth House for Future Countryside, a rather posh get-together for pondering the future…

Community

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rabi) is launching a new mobile phone app to help farmers with real-time trauma guidance in the crucial moments following a serious on-farm accident. FarmersAid,…

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NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the fastest way to find the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

Michael Gove, the former Defra secretary, among other things, looked slightly diminished on stage this week at Chats­worth House for Future Countryside, a rather posh get-together for pondering the future…

WILL'S WORLD

There are many things that we Welsh do well. Flag design, spectacular scenery, emotionally roaring out a national anthem, agricultural shows, and some of the best food and drink products…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The spring wheat is looking well, especially considering the lack of rainfall. It’s had 90kg/ha of nitrogen plus a dose of micronutrients, fish hydrolysate, molasses and fulvic acid, and I’m…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Flat-out serving in this weather has, so far, gone very smoothly with the new collars. We did get the vet in just to check, and 25 cows needed some sort…

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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 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…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 254: SFI partial reopening and IHT latest

In this episode, MPs say the government should delay plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers – and revise its controversial policy. Defra announces a partial reopening of the Sustainable…

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