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FARM POLICY

Welsh farmers are being urged to ensure they comply with new bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) testing requirements ahead of further regulations coming into force on 1 July. BVD is one…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2026: RAGT has high hopes for malting barley Arrow

Plant breeder RAGT is optimistic that its new spring malting barley variety Arrow will become a strong partner for its market-leading variety Laureate. The new variety gained full approval for…

VARIETY SELECTION

Cereals 2026: New milling wheat delivers quality and yield

New Group 1 milling wheat Arlington offers high-quality milling performance, competitive yields and a strong agronomic package. It has received positive feedback from both millers and bakers. “Bred from Group…

PULSES

Cereals 2026: New PGRO initiative to enhance crop performance

The Pulse Performance Network (PPN) is a new initiative established by the PGRO to enhance benchmarking and crop performance for pea and bean growers. Following 10 years of the Pea…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Dyson Farming launches UK's biggest research farm

Learning by doing is the mantra behind the newly opened Dyson Farming Research Centre in Lincolnshire, as it aims to do something genuinely transformational for British agriculture. Sir James Dyson…

Livestock

 

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Artificial intelligence is being used to improve management of health, welfare and performance on both individual pig farms and across the sector. As well as generating greater value from existing…

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SPRAYERS

Driver’s view: Tom Franks’ Chafer Sentry trailed sprayer

Having fallen into financial difficulty last year, Lincolnshire sprayer maker Chafer has been brought back from the brink by a trio of new owners. Trading as Nexus Chafer, they plan…

CEREAL DRILLS

Cereals 2026: Centralised lubrication for Mzuri Pro-Til 3T

Following the closure of Mzuri’s Worcestershire operation last year, the first Pro-Til machines from Polish outfit Mzuri World have landed in the UK. There is little change to the core…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2026: First-time entrant picks up top sprayer award

Scott Harrod has been crowned the 2026 Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year (Fsooty) at this week’s Cereals event – success at the first attempt for the Norfolk-based farmworker. The…

CEREAL DRILLS

Cereals 2026: Weaving reveals 12m trailed Sabre drill

There’s been a sizeable boost in working width for Weaving Machinery’s Sabre direct tine drill, which is now available in a high-output trailed format. Prior to this, an 8m mounted…

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Scottish farming is facing a period of profound change. From volatile markets and labour shortages to climate pressures and emerging risks that many farmers may not yet have considered, agricultural…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Fred Quartermain, a partner in Thrings’ planning and environment team, advises on how agricultural…

Transition section

BPS

Farmers are being encouraged to use a new tool developed by the AHDB to calculate how different actions in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) could impact on their businesses. The…

Opinion

OPINION

I skim-read the brief article about a landscape recovery project, thought “that’s nice”, and moved on. But something made me go back and read it again. Various organisations, the “community”…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

Open Farm Sunday celebrated its 20th anniversary on 7 June, with more than 280 farms across the UK welcoming visitors to learn about food production, farming and countryside stewardship. Since…

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

The launch this week of the next bovine TB strategy for England by the independent TB partnership is a pivotal moment for any cattle keeper. If rubber-stamped by Defra, it…

WILL'S WORLD

In the illustrious 92-year history of the nation’s most popular and prestigious farming publication, I doubt anyone’s ever started a column with a fervent expression of love for the legendary…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

May used to feel like a quieter month on the farm – spring drilling completed, cattle turned out, and only the spraying left to keep on top of. These days,…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We have a brief respite before the summer workload of silage, hay and breeding begins. It’s a time to reflect on the spring just passed and work out where it…

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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 308: Relaunched SFI - what it means for you

This week, Defra confirms England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive will reopen for applications on 30 June – but only for some farmers, and with questions over budget. Farm business adviser Katie…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 307: Carbon cash delays and farm assurance

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review…

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