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Meat industry groups are resisting attempts by animal welfare campaigners to enforce mandatory labelling showing how farmed animals are reared, saying such an approach is too simplistic. Global animal welfare…

VARIETY SELECTION

Grower reveals top wheat and OSR contenders for autumn 2026

Bedfordshire-based farms director Andrew Robinson of Heathcote Farms is a dedicated milling wheat grower so finds himself in a good position on variety choice, given the recent Group1 additions. He…

HARVEST

Harvest 2026: Light land crops struggle and some OSR wins

The summer heatwaves have seen the earliest start to harvest for many farmers across the UK, who are reporting variable results. While on lighter land yields and quality have struggled,…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Relay cropping: What it is and how it might work in the UK

Relay cropping, where a grower plants a second crop into a field before the first crop is harvested, has gained niche popularity in the US as an alternative to double-cropping…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Oxfordshire farm expands to be self-sufficient for wheat

A fully integrated mixed farm business is the aim for Blanchard Farms in Oxfordshire, where planned growth in the arable enterprise will ensure self-sufficiency, keep costs down and support its…

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BREEDING AND FERTILITY

The return of the fourth generation to Cwmbrynich Farm has given the Havard family renewed confidence in the future of livestock farming in the uplands. See also: Top tips on tailoring…

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4X4S

Reinstating rear seats in commercial-spec 4x4s - the rules

When HMRC reclassified double-cab pickups as cars for some taxes, it made it more expensive to run a work vehicle that could also carry passengers in the back. Those needing…

4X4S

Land Rover Discovery Commercial is slick but complicated

Few manufacturers have embraced the commercial SUV concept as consistently as Land Rover. And the Discovery is one of its best-known examples, with thousands of models making the transition to…

4X4S

New 3.2-litre, six-cylinder Steyr engine option for Ibex 4x4

Foers Engineering’s hard-as-nails Ibex range is now available with a 3.2-litre diesel engine from Austrian manufacturer Steyr Motors. This compact six-cylinder block apparently has a particularly high power-to-weight ratio that…

CEREAL DRILLS

Lemken ups Saphir XMR box drill capacity to 1,500 litres

More seed carrying capacity is the stand-out improvement to Lemken’s latest 3m Saphir box drill. The new XMRs pick up where the old 10s left off, but with the standard…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Some farming businesses are going to have to radically review what they do, says farm business consultant Andersons in its latest assessment of the outlook. The firm runs several farm…

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 inheritance tax.  See also:…

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TENANCIES AND RENTS

Northern Ireland is set to strengthen research into cutting livestock emissions with work beginning on a new £8m ruminant emissions research facility at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Hillsborough.…

Opinion

OPINION

I’m intrigued by what makes us farm the way we do. What it is that drives land managers to change practices and adopt new approaches. I’m a Groundswell aficionado, so…

Community

BRITAIN'S FITTEST FARMER

Visitors to this year’s Game Fair will have the chance to meet a Scottish rescue service dedicated to giving working dogs facing euthanasia a second chance. The Working and Gundog…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome to the latest This Week In Farming, where we collate some of the best content from the past seven days to provide a useful snapshot of what is going…

OPINION

“One boy will do nearly as much as a grown man; two boys do half the work of one boy, and three do nothing at all.” A saying that our…

WILL'S WORLD

I’m back. I’d like to say I’ve been on holiday to the Mediterranean and spent the last few weeks sunning myself by a pool while taking full advantage of an…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

As crops dry down very suddenly, we live in hope they have built enough yield before the heat got to them. Grains look plump when you rub an ear out,…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The 31 lambs we took to Welshpool Market on 1 June looked small and young. Nevertheless, they averaged 34.2kg, with an average price of £161.94. Two weeks later, we took…

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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 312: Heatwave harvest grain-washing alert

A third summer heatwave is creating difficult harvesting conditions, with shrivelled grain, variable cereal yields and combines being forced to operate early in the morning or late at night. We…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 311: Private money for green farming

This week’s Farmers Weekly Podcast comes from the Groundswell show in Hertfordshire, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told farmers she wants their ideas for a new rural policy. Speaking to…

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