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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Welsh livestock farmers are urging the UK government to ban Brazilian meat imports amid concerns over production standards and potential disruption to domestic markets. NFU Cymru has written to all…

 
 
 

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

How four precision-bred traits could help UK growers

Creating a more permissive regulatory framework for precision-bred crops in England is starting to pay dividends as the first crops begin small- and large-scale field trials. While there remains legislation…

ARABLE

Tips on making every kg of fertiliser count next spring

Nitrogen fertiliser is the biggest input cost on most arable farms, so with continued pressure on margins and price volatility, could variable rate applications help more growers get the most…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Herbicide top ups and phoma lesions in OSR

This week sees a quieter spell of weather offering an opportunity to complete autumn jobs such as top-up herbicides in cereals, drilling wheat after beet and planting beans. In oilseed…

SUGAR BEET

Cambs grower quits sugar beet as no longer worth the gamble

Cambridgeshire farmer David Wheatley has decided to stop growing sugar beet, as contract prices mean it is no longer viable. “On paper, the pricing looks OK and farmers can budget…

Livestock

 

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Farmers are advised to scan all cows this autumn to establish what’s in-calf and which animals are empty following bluetongue infection this summer. There is a potentially “scary” spring calving…

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WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits an enterprising Finnish farmer

Savage winters and soggy clay soils call for some serious boots, as we discovered when we met Finnish arable farmer Anssi Mennala See also: First look: Revamped Valtra T-series gets 10-speed…

4X4S

KGM Musso Rebel and Saracen pickups get 'commercial' spec

Two-seat Commercial versions of the KGM Musso pickup are now available to secure 100% write-down allowance for businesses and the standard commercial benefit-in-kind advantage for employees. Available in both Rebel…

PLOUGHS

On test: Kverneland gets tougher shear-bolt leg assembly

Say what you like about the merits of the maligned plough, but nothing puts the wreckage of a rubbish season to bed quite like it. To bury the misery of…

4X4S

China's big car makers preparing 4x4 onslaught

Having blitzed pretty much every category in the day-to-day passenger car market, major Chinese automotive groups are now turning their attention to the UK market for proper 4x4s. Look closely…

LAND MARKETS

Described by many as a "quiet Budget", chancellor John Healey’s measures, announced yesterday (28 October), deliver both positive and negative points for farming. Many were disappointed that there was little…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Harvey Davies, head of natural capital at law firm Thrings, gives advice on the potential…

Transition section

ELM

NFU Cymru has warned that crucial changes to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) risk coming too late for farmers facing further cuts to support payments. Speaking at the union's annual…

Opinion

OPINION

As Halloween approaches, the most ominous knock at the door for farmers is unlikely to come from the neighbours dressed as the Flintstones. Instead, the Environment Agency, HSE or even…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

As we hurtle towards the shortest day, more of the daily tasks necessitate a head torch as it seems impossible to fit everything in to the narrowing window of daylight.…

Week in focus

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 this week’s markets at…

OPINION

It’s not been a great week for the dairy industry. A major probe into alleged breaches of animal welfare across more than a dozen Arla farms has posed fresh questions…

WILL'S WORLD

Every November on Remembrance Day, I take a poppy cross and a hipflask with me to Wrexham Cemetery, where I visit the final resting place of my great grandfather, Percy…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We finished sowing a week ago with the drill practically pushing the potato harvester out of the last field. We started at the end of August, so it seems we…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Well, who would have thought after one of the driest summers on record, that when the rain finally came and the grass started growing, the challenges we would have trying…

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NEWS

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 329: Fertiliser tax and olive oil

Will a new carbon tax push up fertiliser prices? Has the farming industry successfully regulated its own pesticide use? And could English olive oil become the next big farming opportunity?…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 328: Autumn Budget - hit or miss for farming?

Has the government missed another opportunity to support British farming? In this special edition of the Farmers Weekly Podcast, we examine Chancellor John Healey’s Autumn Budget and ask what it…

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