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COMPLIANCE

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…

VARIETY SELECTION

'Game-changer' Group 3 wheat offers high yields and premium

Now in its second year on the AHDB Recommended List, winter wheat variety Bamford has breathed new life into what was previously a dwindling Group 3 biscuit wheat sector. For…

VARIETY SELECTION

Yellow rust risk narrows winter wheat choice for 2025-26

Plenty of winter wheat varieties were added to the AHDB Recommended List at the end of last year,  but their yellow rust resistance ratings may have suffered already, following an…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Three premium-earning crops for farmers next season

As the season draws to a close, farmers are looking at options for next season and three break crops offer some money-earning opportunities. Premium Crops is offering attractive premiums for…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Residual herbicide now approved for pre-em use in wheat

Changes to the label for residual herbicide Xerton (ethofumesate) to include pre-emergence use in winter wheat promises to unlock additional activity against blackgrass. Previously, the label restricted its use in…

Livestock

 

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Feeding roasted beans increased average daily liveweight gain by 0.15kg, when compared with using unroasted ones, in rations for young bulls on a mixed farm in South Yorkshire. In addition,…

MACHINERY

Mzuri production goes to Poland as Kongskilde returns to UK

Production of all Mzuri Pro-Til seed drills, the Rehab subsoiler and Rezult straw rake is now concentrated in Poland, with all sales, marketing and other activities also transferred to Mzuri World,…

4X4S

On test: Ford ramps up Ranger pickup power with 281hp hybrid

Marrying the powers of petroleum and electrons has produced one of the pokiest Ranger pickups ever built. Ford’s Plug-in Hybrid (Phev) powertrain – the first of its genre in Europe…

COMBINES

Case IH launches high-spec 6.1-12.5m G500V VariCut headers

As the UK grain harvest gets under way, Case IH has revealed a refreshed cutting table with variable knife position and features said to improve combine performance and make the…

MACHINERY

Dealer update: Changes galore in latest franchise shuffles

Spring has seen a succession of dealer appointments and territory shifts as manufacturers seek improved coverage. Others, meanwhile are pulling down the shutters.  We round up the changes, acquisitions and…

DIVERSIFICATION

Navigating the planning process can be daunting for a farm business in an environment where local planning authorities and statutory consultees are continually raising the bar on the conditions dictating…

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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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

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…

Opinion

OPINION

“First come the dreamers. Then the bankers. Then the salesmen. Then the sharks. Then the desperate. Then the thieves.” So said the fictional Tommy Norris, Billy Bob Thornton’s character in…

Community

FARMLIFE FRAMED

This week's photo of the week was taken by Georgia Brown in Tenterden, Kent. Although originally rejected by her mother, the orphaned lamb is clearly thriving now in the care…

Week in focus

NEWS

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, here are your markets (opens…

OPINION

“First come the dreamers. Then the bankers. Then the salesmen. Then the sharks. Then the desperate. Then the thieves.” So said the fictional Tommy Norris, Billy Bob Thornton’s character in…

WILL'S WORLD

It was just a few seconds after getting a face full of wheat chaff and rat shit that I began to question my life choices. I’d done everything I could…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I often start by talking about the weather, so here goes: it's very dry. That’s enough said on that. I’ll now move on to commodity prices. Well, prices are pretty…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

In my last article, I wrote about the desperation for rain. Just to update everyone, it’s arrived. We have had a run of heavy rain and warm weather fronts, giving…

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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 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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