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TAX

Traditional post-mortem meat inspections are not fit for the future and should be replaced by modern technology, according to the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (Aims). Pointing to faecal detection…

PEST MANAGEMENT

Why high spring biomass is a key weapon against flea beetle

Oilseed rape growers choosing the right variety and opting to drill the crop slightly later this year could face far fewer problems as the crop develops, and benefit from higher…

OILSEED RAPE

2025 oilseed rape harvest set for record-breaking year

The 2025 oilseed rape harvest is shaping up to be one of the most successful in recent history, with UK average yields on track to break the long-standing national record…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: Bulk of harvest nears completion

Harvest is in full swing in the North and almost wrapped up in the South – and a key feature has been variability in both yields and quality. See also:…

SUGAR BEET

New seed calculator available for sugar beet growers

A new online sugar beet seed calculator designed specifically for farmers seeking to optimise yields and assess the financial return of seed treatments is available. Launched by seed technology solution…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

A beef breeding index that combines improvements in performance efficiency with a reduction in greenhouse gases is not only good for the environment and farm profit. It also offers a…

COMBINES

Driver’s view: Ed Layton’s John Deere T5 600 Hillmaster

The first examples of John Deere’s five-walker T5 combines rocked up on farms this harvest, offering more output and greater levels of refinement that the T500 machines they replaced. Most…

MACHINERY

Dealer update: Case IH distributors resolve Kent territory clash

A tri-party agreement between CNH, Haynes Bros and Ernest Doe has created a single Case IH territory in Kent, eliminating sales, service and parts duplication at separately owned branches just…

COMBINES

New Holland’s monster CR11 combine notches 100t/hour

New Holland has edged ahead in the perpetual race for grain harvesting supremacy with its highest output and most expensive combine yet. The CR11 is reckoned to be good for…

MACHINERY

Kidd develops high-output Kombi-Grind static straw processor

Kidd Farm Machinery has drawn on its long-held experience of tractor-mounted straw grinder production to develop a static installation for high-volume processing at rates up to 2t/hour. The Kombi-Grind features…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

This year’s farm manager finalists run very different businesses but share many challenges – and a determination to be the best in their field.   See also: FW Awards 2025: Meet…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman explains the pros and cons of VAT…

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BIODIVERSITY

A fully automated habitat mapping and site screening tool has been launched this week to deliver rapid ecological assessments in just minutes. Biodiversity mapping data company Gentian announced the launch…

Opinion

OPINION

How often do you contemplate your attitude to risk? This is a question that’s bubbled up for me again this week as I contemplated sheep and cattle farmers mulling whether…

Community

COMMUNITY

I wanted to become a farmer to drive tractors. As a child, I’d watch them go by with wonder in my eyes, thinking wouldn’t it be great to do that…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your markets (opens as PDF). Interesting to…

OPINION

At the end of last month I wrote in this column that no successful effort had yet been made to persuade the Treasury to change tack on its proposed reforms…

WILL'S WORLD

Fuelled by energy drinks, steak bakes and testosterone, the fabled agricultural engineer appears on the horizon. His van, an extension of his personality, is as pristinely white as a young…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The sunny weather continues here in north Wiltshire, and we keep missing the rain. Seeds we direct drilled over six weeks ago have still not germinated. We have had 14mm…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

It's been a busy couple of weeks in Welsh agriculture. First came the eagerly awaited details of the Sustainable Farming Scheme, which confirmed the headline payment rates for Welsh farmers.…

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NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Why seaweed is key to biological crop market growth

The global market for biological crop protection products is expanding at a rate four-and-a-half times faster than conventional chemistry.  Valued at $8bn (£5.9bn) in 2020, this figure is expected to…

HARVEST

Video: Drought hits milling wheat yields while proteins good

A Berkshire farm manager has been counting the cost of this year’s dry conditions, harvesting stunted and stressed wheat crops.   The Benham Estate, a mixed farm on the outskirts of…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 266: Kemi Badenoch hits out on inheritance tax

In this episode, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch visits an Essex farm – meeting farmers to talk about inheritance tax. We have an exclusive interview. We meet the Yorkshire dairy farmer…

NEWS

Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 265: Trump on IHT, and electric pickup

In this episode, Donald Trump leaves UK prime minister Keir Starmer in stony silence as he explains why American farmers don’t pay inheritance tax. But would British farmers really be…

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