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Tenant farmers are being urged to seek rent cuts of 10-20% this autumn as falling yields, weak returns and persistently high costs leave many farm businesses under severe financial pressure.…

SOILS

Estate reveals award-winning approach to arable and nature

Frampton Court Estate in Gloucestershire won this year’s prestigious Silver Lapwing Award for delivering a diversity of habitats alongside an integrated farming system. Peter Clifford, who took over the business…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Scottish growers get new potato virus testing service

Scottish potato growers have a new option for checking seed stocks for viruses following the recent launch of a commercial testing service by SAC Consulting (part of SRUC). The service…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

BYDV: Lessons from 2026 on how to reduce risk

Last season proved to be a perfect storm where earlier drilling, higher aphid numbers, milder conditions and increased virus levels all combined in one of the worst seasons for barley…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Growers advised to protect against resistant blight strains

Potato growers are being advised to keep up fungicide programmes to protect against the spread of resistant late blight strains as rain returns. That is the advice from Agrii’s lead technical…

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SHEEP

Spring-calving suckler herds are advised to bring pregnancy checks forward this year and condition score cows at the same time. After the challenges of heatwaves, drought, poor grass growth and…

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RAKES AND MERGERS

Pottinger’s mounted rake trails in corners for neater swaths

For neatly laid swaths that a baler, forage harvester or silage wagon can easily follow through corners, Pottinger’s latest tractor-mounted rake behaves like a trailed unit. The two-rotor Top V…

TRACTORS

Bridgestone goes XXL with VT-Tractor farm tyres

Larger, more powerful tractors are the target for Bridgestone’s latest farm tyre additions – XXL versions of the VT-Tractor radials in 44in and 46in rim sizes with corresponding 38in and…

CEREAL DRILLS

Gloucs farm commissions custom 6m Weaving combi drill

Seven years ago, Cotswold growers Alex and Andrew Bullock embarked on an organic conversion that would call for a complete overhaul of their establishment system. Losing the ability to clobber…

CEREAL DRILLS

Sky Agri creates dry-soil seeder from precision cultivator

Sky Agriculture has created a new tine seeder for sowing into stony and very dry soils by equipping its Methys PCS cultivator with a seed distribution system and new slimline…

BUSINESS

Provenance, transparency and trust are the foundation of many successful direct sales by farmers. Will Greig and his partner Abby Allen are building a new business, Pipers & Co, selling…

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…

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SOILS

A crop of millet stood like a green oasis in the middle of the parched Kent landscape in mid-August this year at Nonington Farms, seven miles outside Canterbury. Grower Emma…

Opinion

OPINION

Farmers are on the front line of climate change. That has been made scorchingly obvious this summer as pastures became deserts, harvest finished earlier than ever, crop failures made it…

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WILL'S WORLD

More than 40 school pupils have gained hands-on farming experience as part of a programme aimed at attracting a more diverse agricultural workforce. The 43 Year 9 and 10 pupils…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best content from Farmers Weekly in the last seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

“Today, we are undoubtedly in the era of self-sufficiency,” proclaimed Mike Anderson at the inaugural Conference on Food and National Security. When you hear those words from someone who has…

WILL'S WORLD

Good lord, it’s September already. My numerous daughters, much to their collective indignation, are back in school, I’ve started splitting logs whenever I get a spare hour or two, and…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

What a difference over 100mm of rain has made. We are no longer breaking shear bolts or wearing metal away on our cultivation equipment as quickly. We have been able…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I am reluctant to say how well harvest has gone for fear of upsetting those who have struggled. But there have been plenty of bad weather years farming in Cumbria,…

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NEWS

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 320: River Wye pollution progress

In this episode, we examine new farm-level evidence suggesting phosphorus is coming into balance on farms in the River Wye catchment – and ask what it means for water pollution.…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 319: Autumn drilling gamble and fert warning

In this episode, how much rain is enough to start drilling after one of the driest summers in recent memory? We look at autumn crop establishment as growers weigh up…

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