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DAIRY

Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding in Greater Manchester and Cheshire on New Year’s Day, with a canal collapse near Little Bollington leading to widespread damage in farmland areas. The Bridgewater…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

What the latest in-field pest and disease tech can offer

The development of “smart” spore-trapping systems that combine on-site analysis and real-time reporting to track the spread of diseases mean that the same-day detection of more than one pathogen will…

SUGAR BEET

Project aims to tackle emerging sugar beet disease

A disease epidemic project aims to communicate the incoming threat of the bacterial disease Syndrome Basses Richesses (SBR) and its impact on sugar beet. Although not currently present in the UK, SBR…

VARIETY SELECTION

Seed expert outlines 2025 spring crop variety options

As thoughts turn to spring cropping, there are a host of new varieties available for drilling this spring offering better yields and disease resistance. However, for some markets, the old…

SOILS

Soils improve for Northants grower after a switch to regen

Peter Mee has cut his growing costs while holding his arable yields steady after four years of regenerative farming having improved the structure of his soils close to the flood-prone…

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BREEDING AND FERTILITY

Investing in a calf cart (or trolley) may be the key to keeping staff happy and healthy. The aim of calf transport is to move calves hygienically and safely between…

TELEHANDLERS

Exvo enters skid-steer market with battery-electric handler

Farmers who like the nippiness of a skid-steer loader and the near-silence of electric drive can enjoy those characteristics in the same machine thanks to Exvo Electric, a new Irish…

SPRAYERS

Aussies offer spot-spraying system for autonomous tractors

A new AutoFill docking system for SwarmFarm Robotics’ autonomous pivot-steer tractor units means they can top up their spray tanks without human intervention. Once the liquid level falls below a…

CEREAL DRILLS

Horizon revamps row units on Gen 3 DSX no-till disc drill

Horizon has unveiled the third generation of its DSX no-till disc drill range, which runs from 4m to 7.2m. Highlights of the Gen 3s include tweaks to the frame and…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Techneat adds cover crop option to Multicast applicator

Techneat Engineering has added several new features to its 24-36m Multicast Twin Air applicator that should make it more versatile. The kit is designed to be fitted to an existing…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

When the 2024-25 campaign contract offer was finally announced in December 2023, many growers felt the headline price of £40/t did not reflect the futures market, which suggested a value…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Henry Platts-Martin, associate partner at Carter Jonas Rural, advises on what to…

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GRANTS

Low-input harvested spring cereal crops supported by the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) action AHW10 could be a good option for growers in 2025, given the payment rate of £354/ha. Use…

Opinion

OPINION

Everywhere you look in our upcoming special outlook section (in partnership with Andersons) there is talk of sectoral contraction. Take sheep, for example. The national flock now stands at 13.8…

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YOUNG FARMERS

The importance of looking after your mental health through exercise was highlighted when Trystan Lloyd, from Lyft Club in west Wales, set himself the challenge to complete 24 workouts in…

Week in focus

NEWS

Happy New Year and welcome to 2025’s first This Week in Farming, Farmers Weekly’s regular round-up of the biggest farming stories from the past seven days. Starting the year on…

OPINION

Everywhere you look in our upcoming special outlook section (in partnership with Andersons) there is talk of sectoral contraction. Take sheep, for example. The national flock now stands at 13.8…

WILL'S WORLD

Well, goodbye 2024. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Like most of us at New Year, I’ve spent some time reflecting on the 12 months that…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Happy New Year to you all! Time to get motivated after a relaxing break from it all over Christmas and the New Year, mainly based around family, friends and shooting…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Reflecting on the year, I’d say 2024 has been a roller coaster. I have gained enormous satisfaction from creating a pig unit set up on self-drilled grass leys in early…

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COMMUNITY

Video: 90 & Counting - Robert Scaling, North Yorkshire

Cliff Farm, just outside Pickering, North Yorkshire, was bought by my great-great granddad in 1908 and we’ve been here ever since. We are currently at around 160 acres owned with…

FARM POLICY

Video: 600 tractors make a statement against farm tax policy

More than 600 tractors sent a message to MPs on Wednesday 11 December as farmers continued in their efforts to change the government's inheritance tax and business property relief policies.…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 235: Profitable food production in 2025

In this episode, we look at the prospects for farming in 2025 and discuss the opportunities for growers and livestock producers. We examine the outlook for profitable UK food production,…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 234: How agri-tech is shaping farming's future

In this episode, we visit the AgriTechE Reap conference – the annual showcase for the latest innovations in agriculture. We find out how simple innovations can make farming more profitable…

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