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FARM POLICY

Baroness Minette Batters has told MPs that England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) must put greater emphasis on food production if it is to sustain farm profitability and prevent long-term damage…

HARVEST AND CROP STORAGE

Why Cambs grower invested in bicropping separator

The installation of a specialist crop separator at the family farm's bicropping enterprise is enabling farmer Hannah Darby to sell into premium markets. The bicropping system at Roughs Farm in…

PEST MANAGEMENT

OSR growers advised to tackle CSFB with early nutrition

Oilseed rape growers are being advised to apply a nitrogen-sulphur combination, once conditions allow, to boost spring growth and strengthen defences against pests like cabbage stem flea beetle. Will Oliver,…

ARABLE

Frontier Ag anticipates improved finances after tough year

Major agronomy and grain trading group Frontier Agriculture remains upbeat about the future for UK arable growers and its own business, despite a tough year with low prices and a…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Farmers advised to respond to crops fairness review

With just over a fortnight left before the deadline, arable farmers are being urged to respond to Defra’s consultation on fairness in the UK combinable crops supply chain, amid concerns…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

Using foliar feeds on maize challenged by soil nutrient deficiencies and drought increased yield by 36t/ha on a Welsh livestock farm. Nigel Bowyer and his family grow 8ha (20 acres)…

MACHINERY

Lamma 2026: Perry QuickClip fencing gets 40-year guarantee

Buyers in the market for galvanised metal fencing have a new brand – Perry – to add to their shopping list. The Cradley Heath firm’s QuickClip system uses tough Y-shaped…

GRASSLAND AND MAIZE EQUIPMENT

Lamma 2026: Taylor Attachments debuts Fortis compactor

The chunky rings of Taylor Attachments’ new 3m and 3.5m Fortis silage compactors should help penetrate air pockets below the clamp surface. They are 1.26m in diameter, so protrude well…

4X4S

Lamma 2026: Urban Offroader offers Suzuki Carry trucks

The popularity of Japanese mini “kei” trucks as alternatives to UTVs has prompted a bevy of importers to get involved. One of the latest is Castle Donnington-based Urban Offroader, which…

MOWERS

Lamma 2026: KRM unveils 8.5m Sprinter topper

A new flail mower from KRM promises to make light work of pasture topping and field margin maintenance. The Sprinter 8500P comprises a brace of 3m rear flail heads to…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

Rising energy costs and an increasing focus on farm resilience are pushing more farmers to look at renewable power that they can rely on for decades. The Britwind H5 turbine…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell, a partner with accountant Albert Goodman, advises on an issue…

Transition section

ENVIRONMENT

Scotland’s farmers and crofters are set to receive more than £660m in support under the SNP-ruled Scottish government’s proposed Budget for 2026-27, a similar amount to 2025-26. The Scottish Budget,…

Opinion

OPINION

Call up the gossip columnists at Tatler, there’s a new countryside power couple stepping out together: Tom Bradshaw and Emma Reynolds. Not romantically, you understand, but as a political relationship…

Community

COMMUNITY

Heavy snow in Aberdeenshire has seen farmers out clearing snow, schools closing and the council declaring a major incident. The weather is no laughing matter for farmers battling the snow…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, the place where you can rattle through the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are…

OPINION

Call up the gossip columnists at Tatler, there’s a new countryside power couple stepping out together: Tom Bradshaw and Emma Reynolds. Not romantically, you understand, but as a political relationship…

WILL'S WORLD

Is anyone else married to a hideously clumsy oaf? You have my heartfelt sympathies if you are, and particularly if your offspring have also inherited the dubious trait. This isn’t…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Surveys seem to be filling my in-tray this winter. Despite barely having enough time to write my Christmas thank you cards, we are continually asked to feed back to our…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Early January is a time to plan, making to-do lists to ensure everything that needs to be done in the short term will be completed before lambing starts in late…

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Young farmers front powerline safety campaign

Two young farmers are at the forefront of a new safety campaign urging the farming community to stay safe when working near overhead power lines. The campaign has been launched…

NEWS

10 hare coursers evade police in dramatic chase

A group of 10 men suspected of hare coursing evaded Cambridgeshire police in a dramatic car chase on Saturday (11 October). The men were travelling in a four-by-four vehicle, with…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 288: Doubts over net zero for farming

In this episode, questions are raised over agriculture's net zero ambition after the NFU makes two climate change experts redundant. With cereal margins under pressure, can independent agronomists help make…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 287: Should we continue campaign against IHT?

Can the government really win back farmers' trust in 2026? Or is it a bridge too far? Defra secretary Emma Reynolds uses the Oxford Farming Conference to set out her…

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