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ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

A Scottish businessman who defrauded multiple agricultural firms out of £630,000 is due to be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on 14 August 2025. Barry Mackland, 50, from…

SOILS

Why two returning farmers pressed for regenerative change

After 18 years working in sports marketing in London, helping brands activate sponsorships around sporting events, and for the Department of Health on its Better Health campaign, Jennie Tatlock returned…

VARIETY SELECTION

How next-generation wheats will benefit late drillers

A cross between winter and spring wheat, a new type of wheat variety is set to shake up the seed trade. Referred to as a Sprinter wheat, its huge early…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Groundswell 2025: Oxfordshire regen farm works with bakery chain

A loaf of sourdough on sale in Gail’s bakery, and named after the Oxfordshire farm the flour was sourced from, is described by the bakery chain as a celebration of…

ARABLE

What's in the latest capital grants offer for arable farmers?

A new round of capital grants worth £150m has opened in England, with arable farmers welcoming the latest opportunity to apply for funding to make environmental improvements. Against a tight…

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HEALTH AND WELFARE

Farmers in Wales are being urged to vaccinate their livestock against bluetongue as uptake stalls, amid growing concerns that misinformation is deterring action. A new Wales based industry-led social media…

4X4S

MWM Spartan 2.0: Loveable electric 4x4 is a tad too dear

The second coming of Spartan, the little-known electric 4x4, has been a saga so rich in drama that it could be ripe for a big screen adaptation. Opening scenes commence…

RAKES AND MERGERS

Pottinger adds Isobus automation to simple Top VT grass rake

Isobus automation and other handy electronic control features are now available on Pottinger’s otherwise “simple spec” four-rotor grass rake. In standard form, the Top VT 12540 C offers 10-12.5m of…

MACHINERY

Razorback to import GreenTec hedgecutters and saws

Vegetation management machinery specialist Razorback is supplementing its own reach and rotary mower ranges by importing complementary products from GreenTec of Denmark. GreenTec manufactures hedge and verge cutters, and four-blade…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Driver's view: Liam Rooney's Claas Quadrant 5300 Evolution

The 5300 Evolution occupies the top spot in Claas’s Quadrant line-up, with a hydraulic pre-chamber that helps create dense 120x90 bales. Two such machines are operated by Shropshire native Liam…

PLANNING PERMISSION

Lending to farming is a competitive market, with some banks active in seeking new farm business. While farmers have historically switched banks very infrequently, and often not at all, finance…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Kate Bell of accountant Albert Goodman sets out considerations on partnership capital…

Transition section

FARM POLICY

The Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 (SFI) reopens for applications from Monday 7 July – but only for a limited group of eligible farmers who fall into designated exception categories. The…

Opinion

OPINION

I won’t flatter myself that anyone takes my Opinion pieces seriously. But just before you were lining the cat litter tray with my last effort, you may have noticed that…

Community

YOUNG FARMERS

The very best of Welsh agriculture, food and culture, will be on display when the Royal Welsh Show opens its gates to the public on Monday 21 July, with Caernarfonshire…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of 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…

OPINION

Freedom Week. That was how the editor of Farmers Weekly described the end of rationing in 1954 – 71 years ago this week – as farmers celebrated the government no longer…

WILL'S WORLD

The present Mrs Evans and I have just spent two days at Groundswell. It’s my favourite farming event, by some distance, and it’ll take me some time to properly process…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I farm in the north of County Dublin and surrounding areas on a large family farm with seven brothers and their seven sons all working together in one shared business.…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

I have just completed a two-week stint as tour guide for Field Farm Tours with a group of Australian farmers, mostly from New South Wales. Several of these visitors were…

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Video: Earliest ever barley harvest for Merseyside grower

Merseyside arable farmer and YouTube personality Olly Harrison has kicked off his earliest ever barley harvest, starting on Thursday 26 June – a day ahead of his previous record set…

YOUNG FARMERS

Video: 90 and Counting - James Harris, future farmer, Shrops

Future farmer James Harris, four, is the fifth generation on his family’s beef farm in Shropshire, where he lives with mum Katie, dad Robert and sister Florence, nine. About a…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 261: Groundswell 2025 and ÂŁ150m capital grants

In this episode, a former Defra adviser says the government must win back farmers' trust if it is serious about successful agriculture. The government unveils £150m in capital grants for…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 260: Early harvest, and why it's gone quiet on IHT

In this episode, we preview the early start to harvest 2025 as the first combines roll into barley crops. One year after the Labour came to power, we ask why…

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