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FLY-TIPPING

Growers with oilseed rape in the ground are generally faring better than at this time last year, with crops progressing well and farmgate prices remaining relatively supported. More than 80%…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Key benefits of new maize fungicide for growers

Maize growers have a new-generation azole fungicide option for managing foliar disease at the critical stem extension to flowering stage. While mefentrifluconazole is already familiar to cereal growers, the active…

ARABLE

Cereals to showcase agronomy on Cotswold brash soils

The Cereals event will make history this summer when it heads west for the first time in almost 50 years. Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire is to host the UK’s…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Arable Insights farmers' differing tactics for wheat disease

The six farmers on the Arable Insights panel have adopted very different strategies for disease control in wheat. Strategies include more conventional approaches such as fungicides and variety choice, as…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

How old grain store became indoor ski slope diversification

A repurposed grain store is being used as a year-round indoor snow sports training centre on a Bedfordshire estate. The new venture sits alongside arable farming and other business activities,…

Livestock

 

SHEEP

Harry Gilder reckons he has the best of both worlds. The 120-strong suckler herd at Moat Farm, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire, produces premium-grade carcasses off a forage-based system, while dairy-beef cattle,…

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MOWERS

Pottinger automates Novacat Collect swath placement

Tractor drivers who get confused with their left and right have salvation at hand with the automated swath placement system available for Pottinger’s Novacat V butterfly mowers equipped with Collect…

TELEHANDLERS

Ultimate guide to buying a telehandler 2026

Rising machinery costs remains the dominant theme in the latest Ultimate Guide for telehandlers. Overall, compact machines have increased in price by between £1,000 and £4,000, with larger rises on…

TRACTORS

Massey Ferguson extends 20-65hp compact tractor range

Massey Ferguson’s revamped compact tractor range now extends to nine models in all, covering power outputs from 20-65hp with hydrostatic and all-mechanical transmissions, and open platforms or air-conditioned cabs. The…

GRAIN STORAGE EQUIPMENT

Monitoring equipment options to ease grain store management

Clambering over heaps of grain armed with temperature probes and sampling spears can be a relentless chore for anyone storing crops over time. But there is another way. A raft…

PLANNING PERMISSION

More than £250m worth of commercial forestry changed hands in 2025 – a record sum and represented almost entirely by sales of conifer forests. However, caution from investors means sales…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, financial or management issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Sam Johnson, associate partner with Carter Jonas, Harrogate, sets out how a request for…

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

Biodiversity net gain became a requirement of the planning system early in 2024 and the market should see significant growth when large projects are included from next month. The market…

Opinion

OPINION

It’s been four years since I first inflicted my opinions on the august readership of Farmers Weekly. Until now, I have resisted the urge to bang on about organic farming…

Community

WILL'S WORLD

The Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (Rsabi) has trained 12 individuals with agricultural experience to act as mediators, aiming to help farmers and crofters resolve family disputes constructively. The initiative…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your markets (opens as PDF), and…

OPINION

I’m sure the outbreak of significant fuel protests in Ireland has prompted many people to ask if – and when – tractor-led direct action should be taking place on this…

WILL'S WORLD

If Doc Brown from Back to the Future suddenly screeched to a halt in your yard, and offered to take you back in time, where would you go? The caveat…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The past five weeks have been productive. We have applied all the fertiliser to the winter barley and have one dose left to do on the winter wheat. Digestate spreading…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

It has been a good start to calving so far, with just under 70% of the herd having successfully calved within the first month. The recent dry spell of weather…

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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

Video: Farmers block Tesco and Asda depots in prices row

Farmers blocked access to major supermarket distribution centres in Oxfordshire and Leicestershire as part of escalating protests over food imports, supermarket pricing and government agricultural policy.  Tractors and vehicles were…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 300: Legal challenge over Traveller site

In this episode, Travellers set up an unauthorised encampment in Hertfordshire, and new planning rules face their biggest test yet. The situation has big implications for growers and livestock producers…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 299: Help on new inheritance tax rules

In this episode, farm charities offer a listening ear as inheritance tax rules come into effect – leaving farming families facing a hefty bill following the death of a loved…

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