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Defra has confirmed that 75% of the £150m capital grants funding available for farmers and land managers in England has now been allocated, just four weeks after applications reopened on…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Fungicide project worth over ÂŁ800k secured for three years

The AHDB has given more than £800,000 to scientific research to deliver independent fungicide efficacy data for key diseases of wheat, barley and oilseed rape. The fungicide performance project will…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: OSR in the Borders and spring barley in Surrey

Combines are cutting into spring barley and winter wheat crops across the country, with good yields and quality. In the North, oilseed rape is getting under way with pleasantly surprising…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: The 5 top-yielding winter wheat varieties map

Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from the AHDB’s 2025 wheat Recommended List (RL) harvest results. Use the map below to find…

HARVEST

Farmer sets OSR world record in the Lincolnshire Wolds

Tim Lamyman is doing what he does best – setting new world records. This time it is a record-yielding oilseed rape crop of 7.52t/ha helped by late drilling and an…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

With wetter winters becoming the norm, the Environment Agency (EA) is stepping up efforts to support farmers facing slurry storage pressures through its Winter Ready campaign. Rainfall across England in…

SPRAYERS

Topcon upgrades Norac UC7 Plus boom height control system

Topcon Agriculture reckons to have further improved sprayer boom control performance with the latest sensor technology used for the Norac UC7 Plus package, which is said to be compatible with…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Big yields follow great start to harvest

Good weather has been the perfect present for JO Straughan’s 70th anniversary year, with well-timed rain and plenty of sunshine contributing to some stellar winter cereal yields in Northumberland. Records…

SPRAYERS

Team's trailed irrigator saves Cambridgeshire onion crop

A pragmatic solution to getting water on to parched farmland without an irrigation system has saved onion growing on part of Quality Farming Cambridgeshire’s unit at Yaxley, near Peterborough. QFC…

SPRAYERS

Kuhn targets trailed sprayer market with high-capacity Karan

French machinery maker Kuhn has signalled its intent to challenge the big players in the medium to large trailed sprayer market with the launch of the Karan series. Previously, the…

BNG

After a slow start to 2025, the second quarter of the year saw marketings move up a gear, with some notable quality large arable and mixed holdings for sale. By…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, planning expert Nicola Quick, a partner with Carter Jonas, sets out how…

Transition section

BNG

Uncertainty over government-supported environmental schemes in England is forcing James MacCartney to rethink his Transition goals, and even abandon one of them completely.  With some herbal leys established in 2024,…

Opinion

OPINION

Just as supermarket Morrisons stopped bothering to distinguish whether it was selling Australian or British beef on its website, I signed a contract to spend £85,000 on a cattle handling…

Community

BRITAIN'S FITTEST FARMER

Neurodiversity in agriculture took a significant step forward on 15 July, as industry leaders gathered to shape the next phase of the Level the Field campaign, now in its second…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best content from Farmers Weekly over the past seven days. First, here are your markets…

OPINION

Throughout much of recent farming history, at least one sector has always been fretting about attracting enough young people into the industry. A glance through the archives reveals that in…

WILL'S WORLD

“I think we should split up”, said the present Mrs Evans assertively. I’d always worried it would happen one day, but I hadn’t expected it to come in quite such…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

As the prolonged weather continues, the crops are ripening fast. We are certainly going to be into the wheat by the end of July – not something that happens with…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

My new journey to work follows a route between the Norfolk market towns of Fakenham and Holt. It’s a scenically special stretch that I’ve always enjoyed driving – lined by…

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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…

HARVEST

Video: Kent Grower trials Case IH’s new AF10 combine

Kent farm manager Elliott Waters has trialled the new Case IH AF10 rotary combine, marking the first official UK outing for the machine. Elliott has been pleased with the performance…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 264: Is regen agriculture right for your farm?

In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the future of regenerative agriculture and examine whether it is right for your farm. We have a special interview with American…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 263: Tom Youngs on farming and rugby

In this episode, former British Lion Tom Youngs shares his thoughts on farming and rugby. We run the rule on the government’s latest iteration of a national food strategy -…

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