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A partnership has been formed between farmer Graham Clarke, ex-NFU regional director Adam Bedford, and Leeds-based LGBTQ+ charity Out Together. The mission? To create a rural LGBTQ+ community honouring lifelong…

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Farmers told to register in advance for London mass rally

Farmers are being urged to register in advance for next week’s independent farmers' rally in London, which is set to take place on Tuesday 19 November. The organisers are asking…

FEED AND NUTRITION

Maize dry matters fall 3% in varied year

A slow growing season has been blamed for a 3% fall in maize dry matter levels in a nutrition company’s published forage sampling data. Trouw Nutrition GB’s first 750 analyses…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Lamb trade lifts further above £6/kg carried by tight supply

Festive demand has taken off for the lamb sector, with processors appearing keen to stock up ahead of Christmas. Some abattoirs have been quoted at up to 650p/kg in the…

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Scotland's first minister calls farm tax grab 'unacceptable'

Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, has attacked the recent decision by chancellor Rachel Reeves to restrict agricultural property relief (APR) on inheritance tax as  “unacceptable”, while future funding for Scottish…

PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

Defra to bankroll delayed payments for flood-hit farmers

The UK government is ramping up support for flood-hit farmers with new investments, including significant funds for internal drainage boards (IDBs) and a refreshed approach to funding distribution. Defra’s Farming…

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Bluetongue control zone extended in England, lifted in Wales

The bluetongue restriction zone has been extended in England to include the Isle of Wight after the disease was identified in a cow on the island, but in Wales controls…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

OSR plantings at 40-year low as sector looks for solutions

The viable UK rapeseed area for 2024-25 is forecast to be the smallest in the past four decades, with industry estimates pegging it at 215,000ha ahead of next year’s harvest.…

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UK sugar beet growers could help mitigate climate change and obesity if the aviation industry switches to biofuels, including ethanol produced from sugar, a Northern Ireland-based campaign group has claimed.…

 

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NEWS

This Week in Farming: Budget, land sales, and new Dacia

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the last seven days. As usual before we get started, here’s your markets…

OPINION

Editor's View: Farmers Weekly backs calls for Budget changes

An additional week’s perspective does not make the Budget any more palatable. With each day that passes, it becomes clearer that the Treasury’s assumptions that only a small number of…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: We can all relate to going 'full Greenwood'

A folk hero, the Oxford English Dictionary tells us, is simply “someone who is admired by the ordinary people of a country or region because of something special they have…

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