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As heavy snowfalls continue to disrupt travel across the UK, farmers in rural areas are stepping in to assist with clearing snow-covered roads and helping stranded vehicles. With snowstorms blocking…

ARABLE

Farm sustainability award focuses on resilience

Entries are now open for a farm sustainability award that rewards farmers for their essential role in food production while recognising their commitment to environmental stewardship. The 2025 Rawcliffe Bridge…

CROP MANAGEMENT

Why one Essex arable farm faces difficult decisions in 2025

Essex farmer Tom Streeter admits that he and his brother Will have some difficult decisions to make about the future of the family farming business, having looked at the details…

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…

Livestock

 

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…

PLOUGHS

Why shallow, high-speed Ecomat plough works for mixed farm

A skimmerless speed plough is now the cultivator of choice for Worthing-based Sompting Estate’s Titch Hill Farm, which has been on a quest to improve the efficiency, consistency and environmental…

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…

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, Sarah Dodds, a partner and head of agriculture at MHA, advises on…

Transition section

CROP MANAGEMENT

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…

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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COLLEGES

This week, our Photo of the Week features Scottish hill farmers joining others across the country in lighting beacons to illuminate hilltops and fields as a visible symbol of opposition…

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

Happy new year, and I hope Santa managed to call in with big presents. As usual, alcohol and food intakes have been high, and a more relaxed approach to life…

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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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