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NEWS

This Week in Farming: Workshops, wet weather and wheat

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First up, here are your market…

TAX

Farming partnership wins appeal against £43,438 VAT penalty

A farming partnership has won an appeal against a £43,438 VAT penalty, imposed because it failed to notify to HMRC of its liability to register for VAT. The penalty arose…

BEEF

How easy calving underpins low-input suckler herd success

Breeding a low-input cow that has good temperament and functionality, thrives on challenging pastures and produces a calf unaided has been the goal at Atlantic Angus for more than 20…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Questions which may leave me without a job

I am aware that my last article reported back on a recent conference I attended in Oxford. And as it hasn’t stopped raining in Shimpling since then, I have no…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Cow sledge helps move ailing animals

Neville Kirkham has won first place in the intermediate category. Leicestershire dairy farmer Neville Kirkham built a telehandler-mounted cow sledge to quickly get down cows back on their feet without…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Moo-mover encourages cows into parlour

Albert O'Neill has won third place in the complex category. Having invested in a new DeLaval rotary parlour last year, County Tyrone dairy farmer Albert O’Neill faced the challenge of…

CRIME

Fly-tipped farmer fundraiser tops £54,000

A fundraiser for a Herefordshire farmer targeted by fly-tippers has surpassed £54,000, as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs unveils new waste crime enforcement technology. The online appeal,…

NEWS

Farmers targeted by mass planning objections

Farmers are facing co-ordinated campaigns of intimidation, with planning objections increasingly used by foreign activists to block legitimate pig, poultry, and dairy projects. Industry leaders have accused activist group Communities…

BUSINESS

Farm Rents data shows mixed picture in England

The latest Farm Rents statistical notice from Defra reveals a mixed picture for agricultural tenants in England, with some convergence emerging between tenancy types. Covering the period from March 2024…

ENVIRONMENT

Farmers in England to gain stronger deer control powers

Farmers, land managers and foresters across England will be given faster, simpler powers to control deer under a new 10-year government strategy aimed at protecting crops, timber and wildlife. The…

BEEF

Northern Ireland consults on mandatory EID tags for calves

Farmers in Northern Ireland are being urged to share their views on mandatory electronic identification (EID) for newborn cattle as the government consultation nears its end. The Department of Agriculture,…

CALVING

Assisted calving: Advice on how and when to help

Some calving cows and heifers may just need more time to go through the different stages of labour, rather than have immediate assistance to get the calf out quickly. Yet…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Hej Harvester wins complex category

Jim George has won first place in our complex category. Hedgetrimming needn’t be an unprofitable job loathed by farmers and contractors across the land, reckons Jim George, who has devised…

OPINION

Editor's View: I'm all for civil servants and farmers mixing

What has been the greatest farming controversy of this still relatively young year so far? Some of you will answer the sorry state of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, our lead…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

7 ways to beef up your farm’s cybersecurity

Farming is a critical part of national infrastructure, yet many farmers still underestimate the risk that cybercrime poses to their businesses. With farms becoming increasingly reliant on digital technology, from…

LAND MARKETS

Early-season farmland launches in Essex, Cumbria and Cornwall

A mixed-use farming estate in Essex with 652 acres of mostly Grade 2 land is for sale for the first time in almost 300 years. The Wormingford Hall Estate near…

LIVESTOCK DISEASES

South Africa secure vaccine to tackle foot-and-mouth

The South African government has classified an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country as a “national disaster” and has started to produce its own vaccine for the first…

CROP SELECTION

Maize for anaerobic digestion - how do the numbers stack up?

Growing maize to supply a local anaerobic digestion plant may look attractive for farmers in the right location, however haulage costs and yield variability can “make or break” profitability That’s…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: New baby and new bull lift winter gloom

It's been very, very wet. Since my last article, we have had the worst six weeks of winter weather I can remember for a long time. The first days of…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Staying alive - the first rule of farming

Like many middle-aged farmers who’re lucky enough to still have their old man around, I sometimes worry about mine. Not because he’s losing his marbles yet, you understand. Rather, the…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: John Carrick's novel feed hopper filler

John Carrick has won second place in our complex category. In need of a more efficient method of topping up large in-field sheep feed hoppers, John Carrick hatched a plan…

COMMUNITY

Book competition seeks farm children’s stories

Small family farms across England are being invited to share their lived experiences through a new children’s book competition launched by Buck’s Agricultural Project Management and Lamira Studio. The initiative…

NEWS

Farmland waste dumper ordered to pay £1.4m

A serial waste criminal has been ordered to pay more than £1.4m after illegally dumping over 4,275t of waste at farms and rural sites across England. Varun Datta, 36, of…

FINANCE

Arla farmers offered supplementary payments as revenue soars

Dairy farmers supplying major processor Arla are due to receive a supplementary payment of 2.2 eurocents/kg (1.9p/kg) after a record year for the co-operative. Group revenue at Arla Foods increased…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Prolonged wet weather sparks fodder shortage fears

Heavy rainfall across the UK throughout the past month has limited grass growth and led to more livestock being housed, which is driving up demand for hay and straw. Fodder…

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