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Scottish rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon has delivered a firm rebuke of the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) recommendations to cut livestock numbers as part of the nation’s net-zero strategy. Speaking…

SOILS

Why understanding soil biology is key to crop health

Soils are not just the ground we walk on or a medium to plant into – they are dynamic, living energy systems with a host of inputs and outputs. “If…

OILSEED RAPE

Timing crucial for desiccating OSR crops this harvest

With pod filling well under way in winter oilseed rape crops, one agronomy company  is reminding growers of the need for accurate desiccation timing to maximise yield and minimise the…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Cereals 2025: NZ farming app expands into UK markets

A farming app developed by a group of New Zealand farmers is looking to expand into UK markets, offering software which simply records, stores and shares farm data. The Resolution…

ARABLE

Cereals 2025: Which environmental actions would farmers keep?

Talk at Cereals 2025 about “public money for public goods” being under threat means that growers visiting the event were considering which environmental actions would remain in place on their…

Livestock

 

FARM POLICY

Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes…

SPRAYERS

Sands relocates sprayer production to new 6ha facility

Sands Agricultural Machinery (SAM), the Norfolk-based self-propelled sprayer manufacturer, has made a big investment in a new 6ha site. It will allow more efficient production and assembly flows, and an…

CULTIVATORS

Ullmanna AI-enhanced in-row weeder learns as it works

A hoe that tackles weeds across a wide range of sizes both between and within rows uses rapid image analysis to detect and target the offending plants. It uses air-activated…

CULTIVATORS

Grange develops slimmed-down 2.5m Grassland Loosener Lite

Grange Machinery has unveiled a scaled-down version of its Grass Land Loosener for farmers without the firepower to pull the original 3m model. The 2.5m-wide GLL Lite iteration can be…

MACHINERY

Rising costs leave European ag tyre production on the ropes

The €40bn (£34bn) industrial group Continental is quitting the agricultural tyre market – for the second time – as costs and competition threaten European production by other manufacturers. The Vredestein…

PLANNING PERMISSION

The number of farm inspections carried out by the Environment Agency (EA) has ramped up in recent years, as the government seeks to tackle water pollution, with 89 EA officers…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here Duncan Sigournay, partner and head of Thrings agriculture team, advises on a…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

A leading digital agronomy service has announced updated software tools to support users with Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) compliance. Precision agriculture service Rhiza is now offering SFI-compliant integrated pest management…

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OPINION

There is something almost regal about Wales’s deputy first minister Huw ­Irranca-Davies – tall, distinguished-looking beard, worldly wise facial expression… His decision to hold a bluetongue “roundtable” in early June…

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YOUNG FARMERS

I’ve been particularly enjoying the videos that shadow justice secretary and wannabe Tory leader Robert Jenrick (patience Bob, you’ll all get a go soon enough) has been posting online lately.…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your comprehensive round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Temperatures have been approaching 30C and crops are feeling…

OPINION

At last, a glimmer of clarity as to how much spending power Defra has for the three financial years from April 2026 onwards. The combined budget for the Sustainable Farming…

WILL'S WORLD

I’ve been particularly enjoying the videos that shadow justice secretary and wannabe Tory leader Robert Jenrick (patience Bob, you’ll all get a go soon enough) has been posting online lately.…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The brook at the bottom of our farm often runs low during the summer months. This spring, however, it has completely dried up. It’s no surprise really, considering throughout May…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The rain came at last and saved the day. The last week in May we had plenty of showers to give our fields a good old soak, and it brought…

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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…

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…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 259: Red Tractor reform and bluetongue havoc

In this episode, a former NFU combinable crops chairman sets the pace of change at Red Tractor is too slow to win back farmers' confidence. Cross-border bluetongue restrictions on livestock…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 258: Spending Review, beef, and Cereals

In this episode, UK farm leaders voice dismay after three major British supermarkets start selling beef from Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand. Is the government's spending review really better than…

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