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CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

UK farming is approaching a critical pressure point this summer, as soaring fuel, fertiliser and energy prices threaten production decisions and the sector’s longer-term viability, industry leaders have warned. Giving…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Why Scottish growers are turning to winter linseed

What started out as a trial to test the winter hardiness of new winter linseed varieties has ended up being a springboard for the crop’s introduction on Scottish arable farms.…

SOILS

How project is helping French growers adapt to climate change

Like arable farmers in the UK, growers in central France are counting the high cost of climate change with reduced yields and the greater risk of crop failures. For members…

ARABLE

Why SFI26 doesn’t stack up for Herefordshire farmer

Herefordshire farm manager Chris Greenaway has reservations on the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2026 offer, due to payment cutbacks and the reduced number of options available. Garnstone Farms has…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: South lacks rain as disease bites in Scotland

Farmers across the UK are seeing huge contrasts this spring. Concerns are growing in the South and East, where some rain is needed, while in Scotland, it’s the opposite problem…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

Defra has played down claims that its records of the UK poultry population are “misleading and inaccurate”, insisting its numbers are fit for purpose. The claims are made in a…

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SLURRY TANKERS

Mitas develops Agriterra Ultra trailer and tanker tyres

Two new tyre ranges developed for intensive trailer, tanker and spreader operations have been added to the Mitas range from Yokohama TWS. The Agriterra Ultra is a high-spec conventional radial…

CULTIVATION AND DRILLING

Stocks Ag gives 'Jet' broadcasters a big capacity boost

A bigger hopper boost for Stocks Ag’s Turbo Jet and Maxi Jet seeders and granule broadcasters comes with a new design offering increased outputs from fewer refill stops. The new…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Farm implement control boxes: Who to call for repairs

When metalwork twists, shafts snap and bearings give up the ghost, most farmers and contractors have the tools and know-how to get machinery up and running. But if modern electrical…

CULTIVATORS

New Sumo T-Press combines shallow cultivation and pressing

A combination cultivator that brings together spring tines, clod-smashing paddles and seed-bed consolidating discs or rings is Sumo’s latest tillage implement. The Yorkshire-based manufacturer says the T-Press is designed as…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

A greater focus on labour and machinery costs, including depreciation, will potentially lead to a better arable net margin.     With no standard format for labour and machinery costs they often…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Kate Bell, of Albert Goodman chartered accountants, advises on the tax implications of four business scenarios…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Primarily focused on water companies and signalling a major overhaul of England’s water system, the government’s Water White Paper also targets farmers, pledging to hold them strictly accountable for the…

Opinion

OPINION

How are you feeling about Tony being forced to give up his Angus suckler herd on The Archers? They aren’t profitable so Helen wants them gone. Tony is miserable about…

Community

FARMLIFE FRAMED

It’s a sunny morning on the round trip to feed the ewes, and Jeremy Vine’s debate show is on the radio. The topic? The effects of the current world problems…

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 are your markets (opens…

OPINION

As I have written in this column before, farming is in many ways remarkably good at not changing too quickly despite the pressures that often weigh on it. This is…

WILL'S WORLD

The great Australian all-rounder Keith Miller, who’d flown Mosquito fighter-bombers in multiple missions over mainland Europe during the war, was asked by Michael Parkinson many years later about the pressure…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Well, I guess it was predictable – we’ve gone from too wet to too dry in what seems like no time at all. Heavy land is starting to crack at…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We are nearly at the end of lambing, with only a few stragglers left. Overall, the weather has been kind, which has certainly helped. That said, the season hasn’t been…

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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

Video: Farmers block Tesco and Asda depots in prices row

Farmers blocked access to major supermarket distribution centres in Oxfordshire and Leicestershire as part of escalating protests over food imports, supermarket pricing and government agricultural policy.  Tractors and vehicles were…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 301: Clarkson speaks out over soaring costs

Celebrity farmer Jeremy Clarkson speaks out as soaring fuel and fertiliser costs force arable growers to rethink autumn cropping plans. MPs urge Keir Starmer to help reduce red diesel prices…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 300: Legal challenge over Traveller site

In this episode, Travellers set up an unauthorised encampment in Hertfordshire, and new planning rules face their biggest test yet. The situation has big implications for growers and livestock producers…

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