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More than £2m will be invested by the Scottish government to support young people looking to work in farming. The Next Generation Practical Training Fund will provide grant funding towards…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Interactive farm performance tool set for launch at Cereals

Interactive dashboards that allow farmers to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) will be unveiled at this year’s Cereals event by Ceres Research, in recognition of the financial pressures weighing heavily…

VARIETY SELECTION

Norfolk grower's verdict on new high-protein milling wheat

Norfolk grower Mark Means hopes the new milling winter wheat variety Vibe could become a firm fixture on his farm due to its high protein content and efficient nitrogen use.…

ARABLE

Regen farming focus for dedicated conference at Cereals

Farmer-led discussions on the theme of “Robust farming in a changing climate” will be the focus of Base-UK’s dedicated conference area at this year’s Cereals event. Against a backdrop of…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Crops in need of rain as wheat flag leaf emerges

The continued dry spell is taking its toll on crops. Winter wheat flag leaves are emerging as crops develop rapidly through their growth stages. All crops need now is a…

Livestock

 

YOUNGSTOCK MANAGEMENT

When prices of manufactured fertiliser and cattle concentrates increase, Mick and Sandy Jones do not see the financial impact in their suckler beef enterprise. For 15 years, they have grown…

TELEHANDLERS

Bobcat and MF telehandlers get all-hydraulic transmission

Seamless acceleration to 40kph, improved fuel economy potential and new powertrain control functions come with a more sophisticated all-hydraulic transmission now available in selected Bobcat and Massey Ferguson telehandlers. In…

CULTIVATORS

Amazone adds Flex Ring roller to tine and disc cultivators

A lightweight roller comprising a series of flexible rings is a new finishing tool for a selection of Amazone tractor-mounted cultivators. Designed to consolidate sandy to loamy soils while leaving…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Made in Britain: Two UK ag engineering firms on the rise

Behind many big-name machinery brands is the story of a fledgling engineering firm starting out from scratch. We meet two entrepreneurs with outfits on their way up. See also: High-end bespoke…

TOOLS

Battery-powered Esab Renegade Volt offers off-grid welding

Farmers, contractors and engineers regularly patching up machines in-field can now weld without the hassle of dragging out a generator to provide off-grid power. Swedish outfit Esab’s latest portable stick…

GRANTS

All new farm tenancies on the Crown Estate are to be environmental farm business tenancies with a minimum 15-year term, no open-ended break clauses for the landlord but breaks for…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Ted Beale, Associate Partner with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the merits…

Transition section

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This month, our Arable Insights farmers are considering all the options as they ponder the future of farming. With government support for both food production and nature recovery paused in…

Opinion

OPINION

Well, after I predicted at the end of last month that prime minister Sir Keir Starmer would have to choose between closer co-operation with the EU and a trade deal…

Community

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

I’d never been to the DIY AGM before – just heard the stories. A wild, unofficial young farmers’ weekend that’s half community, half free-for-all. What I got was something in…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the fastest way to find the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

Michael Gove, the former Defra secretary, among other things, looked slightly diminished on stage this week at Chats­worth House for Future Countryside, a rather posh get-together for pondering the future…

WILL'S WORLD

There are many things that we Welsh do well. Flag design, spectacular scenery, emotionally roaring out a national anthem, agricultural shows, and some of the best food and drink products…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

They say: “A dry May and a dripping June makes the farmer whistle a merry tune”. There has been much merry whistling at Shimpling since all winter crops have been…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

For the past month my life has been pig-free. Having spent the whole of my working life feeding, checking, loading and generally caring for pigs, this has felt a very…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Transition webinar: Renewable energy key points to consider

Renewable energy can displace fossil fuel use, cutting input costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Farmers Weekly Transition project webinar panel. But with a number of renewables…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - Milly Garnett, Ayrshire

In the penultimate article in our series focusing on a farmer born in each of the decades since Farmers Weekly first published in the 1930s, we meet young farmer Milly…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 254: SFI partial reopening and IHT latest

In this episode, MPs say the government should delay plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers – and revise its controversial policy. Defra announces a partial reopening of the Sustainable…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 253: What next for SFI?

In this episode we look at the future of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agri-environment scheme. Natural England head of agriculture Peter Craven tells us the scheme will return –…

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