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FARM POLICY

Farmers and rural communities have been praised for helping firefighters contain wildfires across Leicestershire this summer, with tractors, bowsers and local knowledge playing a key role in the emergency response.…

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…

ARABLE

Grower reaction to underwhelming sugar beet price offer

Sugar beet usually offers the highest gross margin for Suffolk farmer Will Hitchcock, but with yields down 20-30% this harvest, that is set to change. Despite British Sugar’s reduced contract…

Livestock

 

YOUNGSTOCK MANAGEMENT

The value in topping a Pembrokeshire dairy farm’s 4,000 cu m (879,877-gallon) slurry lagoon with an impermeable cover was brought into focus last autumn during weeks of heavy rain. A…

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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…

TRACTORS

McCormick X7.624's in-cab controls are a work in progress

Nine new dealers have put pen to paper in the past 18 months, there is an updated 340hp flagship on its way, and a squad of Italian engineers is working…

TELEHANDLERS

JCB offers 'more affordable' 3CX Sitemaster backhoe loader

Farmers keen to handle their own ditch cleaning, water pipe installation, groundworks and similar operations are being offered a “more affordable” backhoe loader – a new Sitemaster version of the…

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…

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Microbes are an integral part of soil life and they are essential to allow soil to perform all of its functions, including nutrient cycling, says an expert. Healthy soils should…

Opinion

OPINION

As the nights darken, so too has the farming mood. The warm and dry summer is but a distant memory and winter is looming. I’ll be honest – I’m struggling…

Community

BRITAIN'S FITTEST FARMER

NFU Scotland is to launch a new Young Leaders Programme next year as part of a drive to develop the next generation of people who will lead the union and…

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 your markets (opens as…

OPINION

When new prime minister Andy Burnham visited Cornwall on 15 August to see how farms were coping in the middle of the drought, he revealed £65m of Defra’s existing funds…

WILL'S WORLD

I’ve just returned from the Harvest Festival service of the youngest of my numerous daughters at the village church. It’s her final year in primary school so I made a…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Travelling across the UK in an advisory role, from the North to the South, the West to the East, I see tractor drivers concentrating more on their mobile phones, than…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

What a glorious autumn we’ve had so far. Excellent for reducing straw use in the outdoor pigs thanks to the lack of rainfall. But not so good for the growing…

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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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