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An increased planted area and favourable growing conditions for this year’s wheat crop point towards a potentially larger domestic crop in 2026. At AHDB’s Grain Market Outlook, analysts indicated potential…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Why genetics must be central to late blight management

Late blight resistant varieties must be an active component of potato crop management regimes, rather than a “just-in-case” safety net. That is the view of Dan Milbourne, who is leading…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Crumpets made from 100% British regen wheat launched

Crumpets made from 100% British regeneratively farmed wheat are the latest product launch from regen food and farming business Wildfarmed. The launch marks the brand’s first expansion from bread into…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

New crop nutrition product combines amino acid and phosphate

A new crop nutrition product that combines arginine - nature’s most nitrogen-rich amino acid - with phosphate, aims to create stronger root systems and more consistent yields. Global agtech company…

COVER CROPS

Trials reveal best ways to maximise cover crop benefits

Opting for a chemical method cover crop destruction and at a later timing are key to getting the most out of cover crops, according to a series of three trials.…

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PIGS

The Welsh government is strengthening the country's animal disease testing capacity and has provided £265,000 to Aberystwyth University to establish a specialist diagnostic centre. This will enable regional disease testing…

MACHINERY

Biggest farm machinery launches of 2025 to debut at Lamma

Many of the machines unveiled this year will make their UK debut at Lamma in January. Here’s a round-up of the biggest, best and quirkiest new arrivals of 2025. See…

TRACTORS

Massey Ferguson adds stepless Dyna-VT to 5S tractor range

Massey Ferguson’s popular 5S tractors are now available with a stepless Dyna-VT transmission as an alternative to the Dyna-4 or Dyna-6 semi-powershifts. This option is offered on all five models…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Horsch Pronto tests 724 to the max

Who’da thought it? Some of the hardest hours at JO Straughan this year have come not on the combine or forager, nor in tractors racing to get ground tilled and…

LIQUID FERTILISER

Bednar Neveon targets N efficiency gains with fert injection

Buyers of Bednar’s new Neveon fertiliser injection toolbar could be rewarded with some serious nitrogen efficiency gains, the company says. Like other implements of this type, it uses spoked stainless-steel…

LAND MARKETS

The term natural capital covers a wide range of benefits provided by the natural environment, such as clean air and water, carbon-capturing plants and practices, alongside healthy soils. There are…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Andrew Chandler, head of rural agency with Carter Jonas, advises on how…

Transition section

ELM

The Welsh government’s economic impact assessment of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), which cost taxpayers more than £700,000 to execute, has been rubbished by the deputy first minister. The research…

Opinion

OPINION

The decision this week to place last-minute restrictions on the right of farmers to protest in London on the day of the Budget was regrettable, particularly as the imposition came…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

Creating woolly hats and bobbles has been keeping rural communities across Wales busy, helping maintain good mental health while the sound of knitting needles and chatter fills the air. Knitting…

Week in focus

NEWS

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

OPINION

Are the AHDB Recommended List trials for cereals and oilseeds – now in their 81st year of operation – still fit for purpose? The annual updated list of recommended crop…

WILL'S WORLD

To misquote the English playwright William Congreve, hell hath no fury like our numerous daughters when they’re forced to go to school instead of the Royal Welsh Winter Fair. And…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Since it’s now distinctly “back end”, and for a change we’re pretty much worked up, focus here has turned towards winter jobs. Alongside the usual machinery and shed maintenance, we…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Since my last article, we have had the Stirling bull sales, and the Highland Wagyu/Netherton production sale, where I purchased a cow. She is from an imported New Zealand family…

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Young farmers front powerline safety campaign

Two young farmers are at the forefront of a new safety campaign urging the farming community to stay safe when working near overhead power lines. The campaign has been launched…

NEWS

10 hare coursers evade police in dramatic chase

A group of 10 men suspected of hare coursing evaded Cambridgeshire police in a dramatic car chase on Saturday (11 October). The men were travelling in a four-by-four vehicle, with…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 282: Tractor protest ban questioned

In this episode, Metropolitan Police chiefs face questions after banning protesting farmers from bringing tractors to London. As the government makes a small concession on plans to impose inheritance tax…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 281: Update on SFI, and new campaign against IHT

In this episode, Defra secretary Emma Reynolds reveals the government's latest thinking on relaunching the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Ms Reynolds was speaking during a Q&A session at the Country Land…

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