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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

Farmers from Wales are expected to arrive in their hundreds to protest current UK and Welsh Labour policies at the annual Welsh Labour party conference in Llandudno, on Saturday 28…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Why propyzamide use in OSR and beans remains in the balance

Delivering best practice for successful weed control with propyzamide while preventing it from entering water courses and reservoirs remains a difficult balance. What’s good for weed control frequently increases the…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Vining pea harvest and aphid pressure rises

The vining pea harvest has kicked off and yields are variable, reflecting the variable rainfall. Pests are also on agronomists’ minds with barley yellow dwarf virus appearing in cereals in…

SOILS

Why understanding soil biology is key to crop health

Soils are not just the ground we walk on or a medium to plant into – they are dynamic, living energy systems with a host of inputs and outputs. “If…

OILSEED RAPE

Timing crucial for desiccating OSR crops this harvest

With pod filling well under way in winter oilseed rape crops, one agronomy company  is reminding growers of the need for accurate desiccation timing to maximise yield and minimise the…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

The wholesale removal of sheep flocks from Highland estates – driven by carbon offsetting, forestry, and rewilding – has sparked alarm across Scotland’s agricultural sector, with industry leaders warning that…

MUCKSPREADERS

Muck and slurry field equipment: Where is it made?

In the face of intense competition, not only among themselves but from EU-based manufacturers, UK companies building muckspreaders and slurry handling equipment continue to hold their own with a decent…

FORAGERS

John Deere tops 1,000hp with flagship F9 forage harvester

John Deere has cranked the power output of its range-topping forage harvester to more than 1,000hp. Badged F9 1000, the newcomer takes over from where the 9900 left off, with…

MACHINERY

12 new machines steal the show at Royal Highland

Machinery manufacturers large and small were out in force at this year’s Royal Highland Show in Ingliston, Edinburgh. We round up the highlights to give you a good flavour of…

SPRAYERS

Sands relocates sprayer production to new 6ha facility

Sands Agricultural Machinery (SAM), the Norfolk-based self-propelled sprayer manufacturer, has made a big investment in a new 6ha site. It will allow more efficient production and assembly flows, and an…

PLANNING PERMISSION

The number of farm inspections carried out by the Environment Agency (EA) has ramped up in recent years, as the government seeks to tackle water pollution, with 89 EA officers…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Nick Curnock, Rural Associate with Carter Jonas, advises on what a new…

Transition section

ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

Talk at Cereals 2025 about “public money for public goods” being under threat means that growers visiting the event were considering which environmental actions would remain in place on their…

Opinion

OPINION

There is something almost regal about Wales’s deputy first minister Huw ­Irranca-Davies – tall, distinguished-looking beard, worldly wise facial expression… His decision to hold a bluetongue “roundtable” in early June…

Community

COMMUNITY

The eighth annual Britain’s Fittest Farmer competition kicked off on 18 June at the Lincolnshire Show, under a scorching sun that added to the challenge. Farmers from across the region…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your comprehensive round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Temperatures have been approaching 30C and crops are feeling…

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

I’ve been particularly enjoying the videos that shadow justice secretary and wannabe Tory leader Robert Jenrick (patience Bob, you’ll all get a go soon enough) has been posting online lately.…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The weather eventually played ball at Shimpling Park Farm at the end of May, when we received an inch of rain, and then in the first week of June, with…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Well, getting out the paddling pool worked. Almost too well! It can stop raining for another six weeks any time now. We’ve had more rain in the past two weeks…

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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 259: Red Tractor reform and bluetongue havoc

In this episode, a former NFU combinable crops chairman sets the pace of change at Red Tractor is too slow to win back farmers' confidence. Cross-border bluetongue restrictions on livestock…

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…

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