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Farming unions in Wales have reiterated concerns over payment rates and levels of practicality of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), due to be finalised next week. The scheme, including details…

HARVEST

Harvest 2025: OSR yields variable but good oil levels

As harvest progresses across the country, winter barley is generally performing well with good specific weights, and merchants are beginning to see the first loads of wheat and oilseed rape. …

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

4 key steps to reduce the risk of ergot in grain

Researchers have identified four key areas where farmers can reduce ergot disease pressure, limit crop infection and keep clean grain clean. Adas experts have carried out an AHDB-funded review which…

HARVEST

Cambs OSR crop yields over 4.2t/ha despite drought

Cambridgeshire-based farmer Philip Allen kicked off his oilseed rape harvest on 9 July, 10 days earlier than last year with a seed crop of Pi Pinnacle coming off at 9%…

HARVEST

Yields down but quality firm in unexpected wheat harvest

It was an unexpected early start to winter wheat harvest for Cambridgeshire farmer John Jefferies, who started cutting his milling crop on 12 July. “Yields are down on what we…

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SHEEP

Changes to bluetongue regulations in Wales mean that from 14 July animals can be moved from the Restricted Zone (RZ) in England to a bluetongue approved “red market” in Wales.…

FORAGE WAGONS

Tractor-mounted pickup slashes forage wagon chop length

Pickups from a pair of fire-ravaged Kuhn balers have been given a new lease of life by Willie Dean of Clockeasy Contracting, as a means of shortening the chop length…

TRACTORS

Xtra models supersede 205-305hp Massey 8S tractors

Massey Ferguson is to replace its standard 2020-launched 8S range with a series of “Xtra” tractors that cover the same power outputs. The changes sound more sweeping than they are,…

4X4S

MWM Spartan 2.0: Loveable electric 4x4 is a tad too dear

The second coming of Spartan, the little-known electric 4x4, has been a saga so rich in drama that it could be ripe for a big screen adaptation. Opening scenes commence…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Pottinger adds Isobus automation to simple Top VT grass rake

Isobus automation and other handy electronic control features are now available on Pottinger’s otherwise “simple spec” four-rotor grass rake. In standard form, the Top VT 12540 C offers 10-12.5m of…

PLANNING PERMISSION

Lending to farming is a competitive market, with some banks active in seeking new farm business. While farmers have historically switched banks very infrequently, and often not at all, finance…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman sets out considerations on partnership capital…

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FARM POLICY

Comments from Wales first minister Eluned Morgan about funding for farming have sparked fury with unions and farmers alike – a week before full details the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)…

Opinion

OPINION

Studying for an MBA module about the failure of Walmart to succeed in Germany brought a fundamental piece of legislation to my attention.  Part of the reason Walmart failed in…

Community

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

One of the first photos in our Harvest 2025 photo gallery was this lovely view of the winter barley harvest at Rigsby Farm in Lincolnshire. While the US was celebrating…

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

Freedom Week. That was how the editor of Farmers Weekly described the end of rationing in 1954 – 71 years ago this week – as farmers celebrated the government no longer…

WILL'S WORLD

The present Mrs Evans and I have just spent two days at Groundswell. It’s my favourite farming event, by some distance, and it’ll take me some time to properly process…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I’d like to open this column with a short tribute to a friend and farming neighbour who for me has been one of life’s constants. George was quiet, humble, helpful…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

This time last year I was busy with my building projects, installing slurry channels and starting to think about milking robots. This year, something – or rather someone – has…

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NEWS

Video: Earliest ever barley harvest for Merseyside grower

Merseyside arable farmer and YouTube personality Olly Harrison has kicked off his earliest ever barley harvest, starting on Thursday 26 June – a day ahead of his previous record set…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - James Harris, future farmer, Shrops

Future farmer James Harris, four, is the fifth generation on his family’s beef farm in Shropshire, where he lives with mum Katie, dad Robert and sister Florence, nine. About a…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 262: Dry weather - drought and wildfire fears

In this episode, as drought is declared in Yorkshire, we look at the impact of the dry weather across the country. Scotland faces a wildfire warning – following a 30,000…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 261: Groundswell 2025 and ÂŁ150m capital grants

In this episode, a former Defra adviser says the government must win back farmers' trust if it is serious about successful agriculture. The government unveils £150m in capital grants for…

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