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CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Retail giant Morrisons has become the latest retailer to face the brunt of farmer anger over its ‘Limited Edish Beef Ribeye Steak’. On its website, the country of origin for…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2025: Elsoms has high hopes for new wheat varieties

British-based plant breeder Elsoms has high expectations for two of its new feed winter wheat varieties coming up for recommendation later this year due to their high yields, good septoria…

COVER CROPS

How Arable Insights farmers are using cover crops in rotation

Whether it is to increase soil organic matter, provide grazing for sheep, prevent nutrients from leaching, or deliver extra income within the rotation, cover cropping has become a key part…

OTHER CROPS

Cereals 2025: Winter oat Mascani awarded Niab Variety Cup

The winter oat variety Mascani has been awarded the 2025 Niab Variety Cup in recognition of its longevity and commercial success, it was announced at Cereals. Now in its 21st…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2025: AHDB survey reveals variety winners and losers

This harvest will see a smaller area of milling wheats, while the Group 3 category has seen a recovery, according to the AHDB 2025 Planting and Variety Survey. Carried out…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

Animal health specialist and medicine supplier Zoetis has drafted an industry white paper calling for action to tackle staffing shortages within the veterinary sector. A white paper published by Zoetis…

CEREAL DRILLS

Cereals 2025: Taege debuts simple 300E direct tine drill

Armed with 25 heavy-duty spring tine coulters, the 300E box drill from New Zealand outfit Taege is geared up for fuss-free direct crop establishment. And by staggering the outlets over…

TECHNOLOGY

Cereals 2025: Line Master detects high-voltage power lines

Farmers and contractors looking to allay concerns about the risks posed by high-voltage overhead power lines can now equip their machines with a warning system. The three-part, plug-and-play AgriPro Line…

TRAILERS

Cereals 2025: Grizzly develops ÂŁ55k Isobus bale trailer

Grizzly Fabrications has pushed the boundary of how much technology can be squeezed into a trailer by fitting its Terra-Line bale lugger with Isobus control. The result is that a…

CULTIVATORS

Cereals 2025: Maschio shows monster 10m Jumbo X power harrow

Growers with the horsepower, if not the implement, to beat up cloddy soil on a big scale can now do so with Maschio’s one-of-a-kind 10m power harrow. The appropriately named…

BNG

It is not uncommon for a dispute over as little as £2,000/year in farm rent to cost the losing party £40,000 or more when that difference of opinion is settled…

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…

Transition section

BNG

Farmers in Wales have expressed their fears that a new environment bill recently laid in the Senedd will lead to extra regulation and place unrealistic burdens on their businesses. The…

Opinion

OPINION

Daydreaming about bumping into the prime minister isn’t something I often do, but recently I’ve been curating my perfect pitch for our sector, because when those 30 seconds in the…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

More than 19,000t of surplus food will be redistributed to food banks, shelters and charities across England, thanks to £13.6m in Defra grants. Twelve food redistribution organisations have secured funding…

Week in focus

NEWS

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

OPINION

At last, a glimmer of clarity as to how much spending power Defra has for the three financial years from April 2026 onwards. The combined budget for the Sustainable Farming…

WILL'S WORLD

What is it they say? Leave the farm once a week, the county once a month, and the country once a year. I’m not sure it fits particularly well with…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

For the past eight weeks I’ve been doing a rain dance every day, and it’s finally paid off. We got nearly 30mm of rain over the past week. This was…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Calving is almost over. As I write this article, we are heading to France for a wedding. Travelling by train, the countryside is looking extremely well, as it should be…

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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 257: Spending review - likely impact on farming

In this episode, we look at the likely impact of the government's spending review on UK farming and the environment. We have a sneak preview of this month’s Cereals event…

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…

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