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BREXIT

The High Court has ruled that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) acted unlawfully in the way it charged slaughterhouses for official food safety controls. The decision was welcomed by meat…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Dry harvest and long storage raise potato disease risk

Low market movement of potatoes has left ware crops in store longer than usual, making store hygiene a key priority this summer. The dry harvest conditions of 2025 increased tuber…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Caithness farmer grows over 10t/ha spring oat crop

Growing crops on the far north coast of mainland Scotland can be a challenge, with heavy rain and gusty winds often limiting establishment. But this didn’t stop Caithness farmer John…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Why one farm switched from dairy to hay, straw and trees

A Leicestershire farming family has built a more resilient farming business, diversifying into selling hay, straw and Christmas trees direct to the public alongside cereal cropping. This summer, Jim Mount,…

ARABLE

French study highlights regen drought benefits

Regenerative farming practices could help UK arable growers protect crop yields during drought years, according to findings from one of Europe’s largest analyses of commercial farm data. Researchers analysing independently…

Livestock

 

FEED AND NUTRITION

Lameness prevalence in UK herds remains stubbornly high, at about 30% – a figure that has changed little for decades. “Thirty years ago, our industry average [incidence] for lameness was…

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Opinion: Higher welfare can also mean greater climate resilience

I recently took part in a Defra roundtable on animal welfare, climate resilience and food systems. It was a positive session, but it reinforced something I strongly believe – without…

LOADING SHOVELS

Taylor Attachments takes on production of MDE grass forks

The giant-size grass forks and other agricultural products produced by MDE Machinery will in future be manufactured by Taylor Attachments at its farm-based factory near Bristol. Taylor is best known…

TRACTORS

Quicke So Easy wheel weights to get 38in and 42in rim options

Quicke is to extend its modular wheel weight range later this year to cater for larger diameter rims. The So Easy design enables wafers to be added and removed relatively…

SPRAYERS

Quad-X develops trailed 700-litre liquid fert applicator

ATV implements specialist Quad-X has added a 700-litre trailed sprayer to its range, with liquid fertiliser application to grassland very much in mind. It’s specced primarily to operate behind a…

BUSINESS

HMRC has at last published guidance on the taxation of income and expenses for providing certain nature or ecosystem services. This covers statutory schemes such as biodiversity net gain (BNG)…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Fred Quartermain, a partner in Thrings’ planning and environment team, advises on how agricultural…

Transition section

NEWS

Defra farming minister Dame Angela Eagle has confirmed that 2027 will be the last year of delinked payments for farmers in England – a year sooner than originally planned. The…

Opinion

In a tongue-in-cheek agony aunt letter exchange, David Bennie imagines British farming as a spurned partner in a fraught relationship with the supermarkets. See also: How dog field diversifications can…

Community

FARMLIFE FRAMED

With the first Britain’s Fittest Farmer qualifiers fast approaching on 10 June at Cereals, held at Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm, there is still time to enter Britain’s Fittest Farm…

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

If there’s a common thread running through the headlines in this week’s News section, it’s not the future of environmental schemes, the latest trade disputes, or even the size of…

WILL'S WORLD

I’m writing this on the hottest day of the year (so far). It’s 31C outside, which is a temperature everyone knows Welsh people biologically cannot function in, so I’ve hastily…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We have more barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) symptoms than I have seen before. I haven’t sprayed any insecticides on wheat for more than 15 years, although we did have…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

It's good news. A clear TB test has allowed us to ship many of the beef calves off the farm. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The good…

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NEWS

Clarkson's Farm Season 5 official trailer drops

Amazon has released the official trailer for Clarkson’s Farm 5, with the latest instalment promising high-tech machinery, mounting financial pressure and one of the darkest seasons yet for Diddly Squat…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Sheep farmer shares breast cancer survival story

A Ceredigion sheep farmer is sharing her breast cancer experience ahead of World Cancer Day on Wednesday 4 February to encourage rural communities to recognise symptoms and seek medical advice…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 307: Carbon cash delays and farm assurance

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 306: Hare-coursing clampdown

This week, police pledge tougher action on hare coursing after an Essex farmer suffers almost 200 incidents in eight months. The government unveils plans to slash tariffs on 100 food…

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