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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’s your markets (opens as…

HARVEST AND CROP STORAGE

A day in the life: Managing 100,000t of grain at PX Farms

Not many farms have a 100,000t grain storage facility on site, but for managing director James Peck of PX Farms, grain storage and processing is a key part of the…

DRILLING

Poor harvest prompts rethink on winter drilling plans

Disappointing yields, high input costs, low prices and increasingly unpredictable weather are prompting some arable farmers to question whether it is worth drilling winter crops this autumn. Machinery experts are…

HARVEST

Harvest 2026: Harvest starts in North and finishes in South

Hampshire In the South East a lot of farmers are finishing this week. “It’s been a real mixed bag,” explains Jonathan Arnold, trading director at Robin Appel. “The heat has…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Regen premium helps West Midlands family battle blackgrass

Regen premiums have given father and son James and Sam Daw the confidence to dedicate one-third of their cropping area to spring crops and tackle a growing grassweed problem. “It…

Livestock

 

NEWS

Lower-than-average scanning and rearing percentages on a Denbighshire sheep farm persuaded a father and daughter team to seek help for a solution. As they discovered, it is rare to get…

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CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Summer scorcher sets off baling frenzy

Searing summer heat saw Dan Fabb’s baling fleet thrust into action earlier than ever, forcing a rush on baler prep and hasty arrangement of his six harvest hire tractors. Crops…

CEREAL DRILLS

Erth Panbuster Drill gets low-disturbance legs with coulters

Erth Engineering has unveiled a new combination drill that is inspired by the work of Northern Irish farmer Alistair Craig. A couple of years ago, he cobbled together a versatile…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

How workshop keeps 76 vehicles and 30 tractors running

If you think you’ve got a lot of machinery to maintain, try stepping into Aaron Scott’s shoes. As workshop manager on the 12,140ha Lilburn Estate in Northumberland, he is charged…

TOOLS

Jefferson Tools unveils lightweight 140A Mini Arc Welder

Jefferson Tools has added a lightweight, portable 140A Mini Arc Welder to its product range. It runs on 230V single-phase power and draws just 13A, so will happily operate through…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 has now been opened to applications from smaller farms and those without a current ELM agreement for almost a month, following last year’s abrupt closure…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Below, Kate Bell, partner, Albert Goodman farms and estates team, advises on inheritance tax.  See also:…

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WEATHER

Welsh farmers can now apply for capital grant funding under the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) “optional” layer to support productivity and environmental improvements. The Welsh government has opened applications for…

Opinion

OPINION

There are a few contenders for the pest, weed or disease that causes the most problems on our arable and beef farm in Lincolnshire. Cabbage stem flea beetle is one,…

Community

COMMUNITY

A remarkable Rutland oak that survived a collision with a Second World War Lancaster bomber is in the running to be crowned the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year 2026.…

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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’s your markets (opens as…

OPINION

“I am here where I would always be”. Those words were among the opening remarks of Wales’s first minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth in a sauna-like tent at the NFU Cymru…

WILL'S WORLD

Hopeless old romantic that I am, I very much enjoy reading about fellow farmers' elaborate wedding proposal efforts. Love must be in the air, because there’s been a plethora of…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I think I may have been a little too optimistic in my previous article when I said the rain would do a world of good and that the spring crops…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We finished drilling maize on 23 May, followed almost immediately by an inch of rain. The crop emerged within four days and has established really well. Second-cut silage was delayed…

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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 313: What to expect from Burnham government

What does an Andy Burnham government mean for UK agriculture? This week, Westminster watcher Jeremy Moody examines the new prime minister’s farming credentials – and whether a land value tax…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 312: Heatwave harvest grain-washing alert

A third summer heatwave is creating difficult harvesting conditions, with shrivelled grain, variable cereal yields and combines being forced to operate early in the morning or late at night. We…

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