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FARM POLICY

Farmers across the UK are working increasingly long hours and this is taking a dangerous toll on both safety and mental wellbeing, research released at the start of Farm Safety…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: OSR yields well but wheats are mixed

Harvest is gathering pace across England, with oilseed rape yielding well and coming in dry and clean. Wheat yields are mixed, but grain quality is notably high, with strong specific…

VARIETY SELECTION

Why Essex grower is expanding Scope wheat area this autumn

Essex grower Jeremy Durrant is so impressed with the new top-yielding feed winter wheat variety Scope that it will take up a quarter of his 500ha winter wheat area next…

HARVEST

OSR bounces back, with good yields and fresh optimism

After several challenging oilseed rape (OSR) seasons, early harvest reports suggest the crop is on the road to recovery. Among the most striking yields was John Thomas’ crop of hybrid…

ENVIRONMENT

Award-winner shows ploughing can go alongside sustainability

Cambridgeshire farmer David Felce has been named this year’s winner of the BASF Rawcliffe Bridge Sustainability Award, for his focus on promoting biodiversity. David, who farms with his wife Hayley…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

Offering calves a starter concentrate from day one – plus access to clean water – is critical for rumen development and, ultimately, avoiding a post-weaning dip in growth rates. Even…

COMBINES

Power hike for flagship Claas Trion 760 combine harvester

There’s a new top dog in Claas’s Trion 700 combine harvester range, packing a gutsier engine, bigger grain tank and higher-spec cab than its predecessor. Primarily aimed at customers who…

CULTIVATORS

Amtec introduces Torox 'old-school' disc cultivators

The advent of minimum tillage and regenerative farming practices sounded the death knell for “old-school” heavy-duty disc cultivators from the likes of Simba and Gregoire-Besson. But Amtec, the Warwickshire-based used…

TECHNOLOGY

RootWave wins ÂŁ11m funding for electric weed control

Warwickshire-based RootWave has secured a useful capital injection to help roll out its patented electric weed zapping technology. The $15m (£11m) funding boost for RootWave, which includes $3m (£2.2m) in…

TECHNOLOGY

Field robotics firm Naio plunged into administration

New-tech robotics business Naio is operating under a court-appointed administrator. Naio Technologies was one of the earliest manufacturers of specialist autonomous work vehicles and has so far been one of…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Dan Jones didn’t grow up dreaming of lectures and coursework, — but he’s now well on his way to a master’s degree in agriculture. A tenant farmer with the National…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman sets out considerations on partnership capital…

Transition section

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Cutting inputs and costs with a shift to regenerative farming is a strategy lamb producer Irwel Jones hopes will protect his profit margin as direct subsidies peter out. Although at…

Opinion

OPINION

“That’s very brave, minister.” The immortal words of Yes Minister’s permanent secretary Sir Humphrey when he wanted to advise the minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs, Jim Hacker, that…

Community

BRITAIN'S FITTEST FARMER

This very special Photo of the Week not only shows off the traditional farming technique of harvesting thatching straw, but also pictures lead tractor driver John Kerslake who is 90…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the best content from Farmers Weekly in the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF). It’s been…

OPINION

“That’s very brave, minister.” The immortal words of Yes Minister’s permanent secretary Sir Humphrey when he wanted to advise the minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs, Jim Hacker, that…

WILL'S WORLD

We broke a harvest record yesterday. Not for yield, unfortunately – though early indications are that it’s going to be pretty decent this year – but for start date. We…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

It was so nice to be back at Groundswell. Last year was the first time I had missed the event since it began. The positive vibe and optimism are always…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The last two weeks of June was scheduled to be a busy time, and both daughters were home giving a helping hand. The weather had been kind as we were…

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NEWS

Video: Earliest ever barley harvest for Merseyside grower

Merseyside arable farmer and YouTube personality Olly Harrison has kicked off his earliest ever barley harvest, starting on Thursday 26 June – a day ahead of his previous record set…

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…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 263: Tom Youngs on farming and rugby

In this episode, former British Lion Tom Youngs shares his thoughts on farming and rugby. We run the rule on the government’s latest iteration of a national food strategy -…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 262: Dry weather - drought and wildfire fears

In this episode, as drought is declared in Yorkshire, we look at the impact of the dry weather across the country. Scotland faces a wildfire warning – following a 30,000…

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