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FARM POLICY

Farmers are being urged to check machinery sheds and stores this winter after pest experts warned rodents can cause costly damage to tractors and equipment. With the average farm now…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

New tech claims to raise crop yields with less fertiliser

A new approach to crop nutrition could deliver higher yields with less fertiliser, by using bespoke compound products formulated using soil or tissue test results. Most fertiliser is applied as…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Foliar urea fails to deliver in AHDB trials

A foliar-applied urea nitrogen application failed to provide either a wheat yield response or grain protein increase across two different years in trials at AHDB Strategic Farm East at Morley…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Chinese agchem firm enters UK pesticide market

UK and Irish growers looking to trim their pesticide spend are set to benefit from the arrival of a new agchem company, as China’s biggest exporter of pesticides enters the…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Premium Crops unveils record contract values for spring 2026

A specialist niche crop company unveiled its spring cropping offers at the CropTec event, including a record spring linseed contract of up to £600/t as well as premium market opportunities…

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GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Episodes of extreme weather are adding new and recurring challenges to reseeding. In response, some farmers are opting to establish fast-growing temporary crops with grass to protect and support the…

TELEHANDLERS

Lamma 2026: Stronger boom for Stoll TracLift loader

Farmers torn between Stoll’s budget Solid front loader and top-spec ProfiLine FZ need agonise no more, following the introduction of three mid-range TracLift models. Smallest of the trio is the…

SILAGE TRAILERS

Lamma 2026: Scania-Schuitemaker mash-up makes silage wagon

Why pile hours on a tractor when you can stick them on a second-hand HGV instead? That’s what Agri Industry Solutions (AIS) was thinking when it decided to graft a…

201-300HP

Lamma 2026: Case IH Puma cab gets a freshen up

The latest litter of short-wheelbase Case IH Pumas comprises three models sporting a fresh cab interior, revamped front suspension and a smidge more power. Smallest is the Puma 155 that…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Win up to ÂŁ500 for your farm invention

Time is running out to enter Farmers Weekly’s annual Farm Inventions Competition and be in with a chance of bagging a share of the £2,550 prize pot. As ever, we’re…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The surge in sales of farmland that was widely predicted in the wake of inheritance tax (IHT) relief reform has not materialised in the eastern counties of England – indeed,…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell, a partner with accountant Albert Goodman, advises on an issue…

Transition section

ENVIRONMENT

Scotland’s farmers and crofters are set to receive more than £660m in support under the SNP-ruled Scottish government’s proposed Budget for 2026-27, a similar amount to 2025-26. The Scottish Budget,…

Opinion

OPINION

When I close my eyes and think about home, I imagine it like a root system – thin, tiny connections spreading deep underground. Years ago at Groundswell, I learned that…

Community

COMMUNITY

More than £120,000 has been awarded to 15 social farms across Northern Ireland after the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) announced its 2025-26 capital grant scheme to…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the place where you can rattle through the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are…

OPINION

Call up the gossip columnists at Tatler, there’s a new countryside power couple stepping out together: Tom Bradshaw and Emma Reynolds. Not romantically, you understand, but as a political relationship…

WILL'S WORLD

Is anyone else married to a hideously clumsy oaf? You have my heartfelt sympathies if you are, and particularly if your offspring have also inherited the dubious trait. This isn’t…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

As much as I want to forget about the sprayer in the middle of winter, the blessed agronomist keeps finding things for it to do. To be fair, he’s not…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I hope everyone managed to enjoy some time off over the festive period and has begun 2026 happy, healthy and full of optimism. I’ve got the year right, so it’s…

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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 287: Should we continue campaign against IHT?

Can the government really win back farmers' trust in 2026? Or is it a bridge too far? Defra secretary Emma Reynolds uses the Oxford Farming Conference to set out her…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 286: What IHT U-turn means for your farm business

In this special episode, we examine what the government's partial U-turn on inheritance tax means for your farm business. It follows the Treasury decision to water down plans to impose…

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