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FARM POLICY

From the south-west of Scotland to South West England, featuring a broad cross-section of enterprise types and prices, this week’s new launches offer buyers a broad choice. In terms of…

ARABLE

Syngenta to reduce plant breeding programme in UK

Major crop protection and seeds firm Syngenta has confirmed it is to move its hybrid plant breeding operations out of the UK to western Europe. The commercial decision was made…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Weeds in variable maize and blight risk grows

Plenty of sun is forecast this week, which will help with grain fill in winter wheat crops. The key issues being discussed by our agronomists this week include pests in…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2025: New hybrid barley Quantock offers more yield

Syngenta used the Cereals Event to launch its new hybrid barley, Quantock, the joint highest yielding six-row hybrid on the AHDB Recommended List 2025-26. With a UK yield of 109%…

PEST MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: Send in aphid samples, growers urged

Rothamsted Research appealed for growers and agronomists to send in aphid samples taken from wheat crops at Cereals 2025. Researchers developing species-specific pest management solutions are building a picture of…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

The 2022 ban on zinc oxide use on Danish pig farms has been followed by a sharp increase of antimicrobial use (AMU) on holdings, a study by Denmark’s National Food…

CEREAL DRILLS

Alpego returns with Dtek power harrow combi drill

Opico has relaunched Alpego’s Dtek power harrow drill following increased demand for the improved weight distribution of a front-and-rear combination. The 350hp-rated power harrow unit comes with quick-fit, drop-forged tines…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2025: Budget Turkish sprayer maker targets UK market

Hailing from the central Turkish city of Konya, crop sprayer maker Ontar had made the journey to this year’s Cereals event with the hope of breaking into the UK market.…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Fendt Rogator 600 gets performance upgrades

Fendt has treated its Rogator 600 sprayers to a series of upgrades with the hope of improving performance in tough conditions. The Gen 2 models now come with electronic, pneumatic…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Agroma returns with low-cost trailed sprayers

Greek sprayer maker Agroma is having another tilt at the UK market, having previously built machines for FarmGem and sold them through Lincolnshire outfit S&K Sprayer Services. Its trio of…

BNG

It is not uncommon for a dispute over as little as £2,000/year in farm rent to cost the losing party £40,000 or more when that difference of opinion is settled…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here Duncan Sigournay, partner and head of Thrings agriculture team, advises on a…

Transition section

FARM POLICY

Farmers and green groups have raised alarm over the potential for deep cuts to Defra’s budget in this week’s Spending Review – with fears that key farm support schemes could…

Opinion

OPINION

olbn Sometimes one observes bravery in plain sight. In this case, it was a senior partner of a firm of land agents suggesting to his audience of farmers that, shock-horror,…

Community

COMMUNITY

What is it they say? Leave the farm once a week, the county once a month, and the country once a year. I’m not sure it fits particularly well with…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your quickfire guide to the best content from Farmers Weekly in the past seven days First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

At last, a glimmer of clarity as to how much spending power Defra has for the three financial years from April 2026 onwards. The combined budget for the Sustainable Farming…

WILL'S WORLD

What is it they say? Leave the farm once a week, the county once a month, and the country once a year. I’m not sure it fits particularly well with…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Farming always has its challenges, and this spring has certainly been one of those. Nitrogen was left lying on the ground for weeks on end and plants are suffering from…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Feeding ewes haylage in May is a first for us here at Gelston. We have split all our fields into fours and started to rotationally graze, to try and make…

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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…

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…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 258: Spending Review, beef, and Cereals

In this episode, UK farm leaders voice dismay after three major British supermarkets start selling beef from Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand. Is the government's spending review really better than…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 257: Spending review - likely impact on farming

In this episode, we look at the likely impact of the government's spending review on UK farming and the environment. We have a sneak preview of this month’s Cereals event…

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