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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

​The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is demanding sweeping tax reforms ahead of the Autumn Budget, warning that current policies threaten rural investment and land security. ​As speculation mounts over whether…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Advice on grassweed control for early wheat drillers

The higher yields and greater resilience targeted by earlier sowing of winter wheat must be balanced with an appropriate approach to grassweed control, growers are advised. While a large, up-front…

ARABLE

What to consider when planning a new pesticide store

Farmers planning a new pesticide store or upgrading an existing structure have much to consider. Location, containment, fire resistance and security are all factors that can help protect people, the…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Endophytic grass shows promise against sugar beet aphids

Using endophytic grasses to manage virus yellows infections in sugar beet is showing promising results from an Adopt project involving Morley Farms and the British Beet Research Organisation. Endophytic grasses…

SOILS

On-farm biochar production a step closer to commercialisation

On-farm biochar production is a step closer to commercialisation after a UK biochar specialist launched an integrated biochar and heat recovery system on a Hampshire farm. Biochar is a charcoal-like…

Livestock

 

ENVIRONMENT

Scaling up the acreage of drought-tolerant lucerne from 6.9ha (17 acres) to 12ha (30 acres) maintained grazing for lambs through the summer drought at Newton Farm, Brecon. While grass growth…

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HOES

Mechanical weeder market turns sour for Lemken

An expected boom in mechanical weeder sales as a result of growing anti-herbicide sentiment has failed to materialise, according to Lemken, so a multimillion-pound factory purpose-built for its weeder range…

ATVS AND UTVS

Moto 73 introduces keenly priced QJMotor ATV range

QJMotor is the latest Chinese outfit to target the UK with a range of keenly priced ATVs. The manufacturer, which is part of the Geely Group that includes automotive brands…

TRACTORS

Zetor moves tractor production from Czech to India and China

Tractor maker Zetor has finally acknowledged it can no longer manufacture and assemble its products competitively in the city of Brno, its long-standing home in the Czech Republic. Dwindling sales…

TECHNOLOGY

Horsch invests in spot- and patch-spraying technology

German business Sam-Dimension, which is developing artificial intelligence-assisted weed map generation for spot and patch herbicide spraying, has attracted Horsch as an investor. The two companies have worked together since…

FARM ENERGY

Uncertainty is the only certainty, with the weather and geopolitics pushing dairy costs, prices and performance to new limits in the milk year ended March 2026. The Kingshay Dairy Costings…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Below, Kate Bell, partner, Albert Goodman farms and estates team, advises on the benefits and…

Transition section

PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

Tens of thousands of farmers in England could miss out on Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) funding when Window 2 opens next Tuesday (22 September). Fresh analysis suggests the £230m funding…

Opinion

OPINION

It’s never going to be a good thing when the phone rings at 3am. Harvest was over — the earliest either my father or I could recall on this farm…

Community

COMMUNITY

Dear Prime Minister, Congratulations on your new job. I’ve followed your career with interest since as Culture Secretary you spoke at the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in 2009…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly over the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

There is an understandable obsession in modern politics with controlling the narrative. Tony Blair’s government elevated media management to a near-science with its hallowed “grid” – the forward planner designed…

WILL'S WORLD

Dear Prime Minister, Congratulations on your new job. I’ve followed your career with interest since as Culture Secretary you spoke at the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in 2009…

Arable Farmer Focus

ARABLE

I feel bad saying this after what some people around the world go through, but the rain finally arrived and we’ve planted oilseed rape and cover crops. Previously, I had…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

In my last column, I mentioned that the farm was still more green than brown. That didn’t last long. The next heatwave in early to mid-August tightened its grip and…

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Clarkson's Farm Season 5 official trailer drops

Amazon has released the official trailer for Clarkson’s Farm 5, with the latest instalment promising high-tech machinery, mounting financial pressure and one of the darkest seasons yet for Diddly Squat…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Sheep farmer shares breast cancer survival story

A Ceredigion sheep farmer is sharing her breast cancer experience ahead of World Cancer Day on Wednesday 4 February to encourage rural communities to recognise symptoms and seek medical advice…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 322: Daniel Zeichner on life at Defra

In an exclusive interview with Farmers Weekly‘s Abi Kay, former farm minister Daniel Zeichner gives an extraordinary account of life inside Defra.  Revelations include Mr Zeichner’s claim that as a…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 323: SFI scramble

Farmers face a race to secure funding when the Sustainable Farming Incentive reopens – with warnings that the available money could be allocated within just 24 hours. We look at…

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