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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The UK’s largest dairy co-operative, Arla, has urged the government to help address severe labour shortages facing the dairy sector. Arla is pushing for more support to help educate and…

HARVEST

Harvest 25: Earliest finish in living memory for many farmers

As harvest wraps up in some areas, for some it has been the earliest finish in memory. There are mixed reports on yields and quality, with some crops suffering from…

ARABLE

Dramatic falls in yellow rust ratings for several wheats

Several popular winter wheat varieties have seen their yellow rust scores fall by up to five points, in updated ratings published by the AHDB. Of the 38 varieties on the…

SUGAR BEET

Lower beet prices for 2026/27 as depressed sugar market hits

Sugar beet growers will receive lower prices for next year’s crop, reflecting the generally depressed state of the global sugar market. Price negotiators at NFU Sugar and British Sugar have…

MAIZE

Maize harvest off to very early start in Somerset

Maize harvest got off to an exceptionally early start in Somerset this week, with mixed farmer Rodney Down taking a crop of Temprano maize that had died off, but was…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

Ensuring a valuable clover crop does not suffer while treating weeds such as thistles, docks, fat hen and buttercups is presenting a challenge for agronomists and livestock farmers alike. “Many…

ATVS AND UTVS

ATV buyer’s guide 2025-26

Although several ATV manufacturers are promising significant range updates and additions for next year, there are comparatively few new models in this year’s Ultimate Guide to ATVs. Most suppliers have…

COMBINES

First impressions: Case IH's new single-rotor AF10 combine

While rival brands offer an assortment of separation systems, Case IH only has eyes for socking great single rotors – which is exactly what can be found running the length…

COMBINES

Driver’s view: Ed Layton’s John Deere T5 600 Hillmaster

The first examples of John Deere’s five-walker T5 combines rocked up on farms this harvest, offering more output and greater levels of refinement that the T500 machines they replaced. Most…

MACHINERY

Dealer update: Case IH distributors resolve Kent territory clash

A tri-party agreement between CNH, Haynes Bros and Ernest Doe has created a single Case IH territory in Kent, eliminating sales, service and parts duplication at separately owned branches just…

TAX

The recent publication of the draft Finance Bill confirmed almost entirely what the Budget set out on reforms to the inheritance tax (IHT) regime for farming and business assets. Nevertheless,…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman explains the pros and cons of VAT…

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BIODIVERSITY

A fully automated habitat mapping and site screening tool has been launched this week to deliver rapid ecological assessments in just minutes. Biodiversity mapping data company Gentian announced the launch…

Opinion

OPINION

Once more into the breach. In all my time writing on farming issues, nothing has been guaranteed to generate more negative reaction than the issue of children on farms. Yet…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

Farmers across the UK are being urged to take part in a new online campaign, raising awareness of mental health in agriculture and calling for unity in the face of…

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 as…

OPINION

At the end of last month I wrote in this column that no successful effort had yet been made to persuade the Treasury to change tack on its proposed reforms…

WILL'S WORLD

I was sorry to see the news recently that Jeremy Clarkson has had his first case of TB. It doesn’t make it any less upsetting seeing other people having to…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The sunny weather continues here in north Wiltshire, and we keep missing the rain. Seeds we direct drilled over six weeks ago have still not germinated. We have had 14mm…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

As I write, on 27 July, the combine has just started rolling. The oilseed rape is still quite green in the stem, so unusually it is the winter wheat to…

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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 266: Kemi Badenoch hits out on inheritance tax

In this episode, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch visits an Essex farm – meeting farmers to talk about inheritance tax. We have an exclusive interview. We meet the Yorkshire dairy farmer…

NEWS

Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 265: Trump on IHT, and electric pickup

In this episode, Donald Trump leaves UK prime minister Keir Starmer in stony silence as he explains why American farmers don’t pay inheritance tax. But would British farmers really be…

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