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US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins has delivered a blunt warning to the UK government over its plans to impose inheritance tax (IHT) on family farms, describing the move as a…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

What are OSR prospects for the 2025-26 growing season?

Rapeseed production fell to a 41-year low in the UK in 2024 and another challenging growing season led to a further 17% fall in area for 2025, according to AHDB…

VARIETY SELECTION

New OSR varieties offer regional differences

Eight new winter oilseed rape varieties come into the mix this year, after five hybrids and one conventional variety joined the AHDB Recommended List 2025-26, along with two clubroot-resistant types.…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Dry weather prompts T2 fungicide queries

The T2 flag leaf fungicide spray is now the focus for winter wheat crops. Dry conditions over the last month have kept disease pressure low, so much so that product…

OILSEED RAPE

Oilseed rape grower sees helping hand from SFI

Hampshire oilseed rape grower Dick Hall is earning £369/ha from environmental payments, allowing the crop to rival winter wheat for profitability and making rapeseed the best break crop he can…

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POULTRY

A legal challenge against the Conservative government's 2024 decision to grant supplementary badger culling licences will proceed to the High Court. Wildlife groups The Badger Trust and Wild Justice argue…

4X4S

Kia enters van market with all-electric PV5 commercial vehicle

Kia has waded into the commercial vehicle sector with an electric van that will come in cargo, crew and chassis-cab configurations. It’s called the PV5, and the cargo version will…

4X4S

Lanoshield wards off chassis rust with lanolin-based spray

Waxoyl is often the go-to product for protecting metalwork from the ravages of rot, but lanolin extracted from sheep’s wool is a more natural alternative. Lanoshield is one of a…

4X4S

Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid pickup packs a 275hp punch

Early examples of Ford’s Plug-in Hybrid Ranger will soon be hitting UK roads, offering spicy performance and the option of driving 26 miles on electricity alone. A heady 275hp and…

SLUG PELLET SPREADERS

New fan drive sees Stocks Ag Jet go wider and faster

A new version of the Turbo Jet 10 from Stocks Ag has hydraulic drive to a 1,400cfm fan to deliver increased airflow, enabling faster forward speeds, wider working widths and…

COMPLIANCE

One of the key aims and benefits of the free business advice offered through Defra’s Future Farming Resilience Fund was to facilitate the start of conversations within farming businesses about…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Ted Beale, Associate Partner with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the merits…

Transition section

BNG

This month, our Arable Insights farmers are considering all the options as they ponder the future of farming. With government support for both food production and nature recovery paused in…

Opinion

OPINION

In the aftermath of the sinking of Titanic in April 1912, the Board of Trade report into the disaster returned one key recommendation: that ships should henceforth carry sufficient lifeboat…

Community

COMMUNITY

An 800kg stock bull has been rescued by Mid and West Wales fire and rescue service crews from Brecon and Pontardawe fire stations after he got stuck in a bog…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF), and there’s…

OPINION

Well, after I predicted at the end of last month that prime minister Sir Keir Starmer would have to choose between closer co-operation with the EU and a trade deal…

WILL'S WORLD

This will be a familiar tale to fellow parents. Several years ago, the eldest of our numerous daughters expressed an interest in playing rugby. She’d enjoyed watching the game with…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We have finally had some rain, but nowhere near as much as other parts of the country and nowhere near enough. Still, things will move fast now with temperatures predicted…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

It has been a spring that will go down in my books as one of the best in memory. It’s a stark contrast from last year, which was one of…

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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…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - Milly Garnett, Ayrshire

In the penultimate article in our series focusing on a farmer born in each of the decades since Farmers Weekly first published in the 1930s, we meet young farmer Milly…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 253: What next for SFI?

In this episode we look at the future of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agri-environment scheme. Natural England head of agriculture Peter Craven tells us the scheme will return –…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 252: Crops swelter as temperatures soar

Record-breaking temperatures see crops sweltering in the spring sunshine. A worry or just another challenge for arable growers? UK former home secretary James Cleverly and Save British Farming campaigners say…

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