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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Farmers are gearing up for a mass tractor rally in London, organised by Save British Farming and Kent Fairness for Farmers, to oppose the government’s planned farm inheritance tax and…

VARIETY SELECTION

Variety list shake-up with 24 new winter wheats and barleys

Ten new winter wheat varieties and 14 new winter barley varieties have been added to the AHDB’s Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds 2025/26.  Many more new wheat and barley…

OILSEED RAPE

Regional focus for 2025-26 Recommended List winter OSR

Eight new winter oilseed rape varieties join the 2025-26 AHDB Recommended List (RL), with most receiving regional recommendations, reflecting the greater variation in performance in the crop. The new additions…

VARIETY SELECTION

Spring barley list sees four additions and net blotch scores

The new AHDB spring barley 2025-26 Recommended List has four new varieties and, for the first time this year, includes disease resistance ratings for net blotch. The four additions are under…

VARIETY SELECTION

Round-up of 14 new peas and beans on 2025 PGRO list

Pulse growers will have more choice next year, with 14 new pea and bean varieties making their debut on the updated variety lists, offering higher yields and better disease resistance.…

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BOVINE TB

A major slurry lagoon project is a Lanarkshire family farm’s next step in their organic journey. Andrew Stewart, of Draffan Marshill, Kirkmuirhill, says the simplicity of organic farming, and the…

SPRAYERS

Verdant unveils millimetre-accurate Sharpshooter spot sprayer

Californian firm Verdant Robotics has developed a new spot sprayer capable of applying chemicals with surgical precision. The linkage-mounted Sharpshooter will spot, stalk and shoot weeds of any size using…

MACHINERY

8 of the best bits from Denmark's Agromek show

The latest agricultural innovations from Danish (and some not-so-Danish) manufacturers were on display at the biennial Agromek show in Herning last week. ACO Funki FarmerLight A high-tech ultraviolet pig lamp…

TELEHANDLERS

New Holland adds compact TH6.26 model to telehandler range

A new compact model now props up New Holland’s 11-strong telehandler range, following the withdrawal of the dinky TH5.26. Its replacement, the TH6.26, offers an identical 2.6t lift capacity, but…

PLOUGHS

Better soil penetration with Lemken’s Diamant 18 ploughs

Lemken has upped the weight and tweaked the position of the depth wheel on its five to eight-furrow Diamant 18 semi-mounted ploughs to improve soil penetration in bone-dry conditions. The…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Sharp fall for oilseeds as investment funds look to sell

Global oilseeds markets have plummeted in the last fortnight driven by a combination of geopolitics and repositioning by investment funds. Paris rapeseed futures for the February 2025 contract opened at…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Crazy cull ewe trade tipped to be a flash in the pan

Sheep keepers that marketed culls last week cashed in on a freak bidding frenzy that took prices beyond supply and demand dynamics. National data shows live rings sold 8% more…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Business Clinic: Valuing minority shareholding in company

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…

TAX

Danish carbon tax could cost farmers ÂŁ200 a cow by 2035

Farmers in Denmark will be required to pay a tax of 120 Danish krone (£13.40) on each tonne of carbon equivalent emitted on farms from 2030. This figure is after…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

Agricultural letting market is in 'stasis' warns CAAV

UK governments are being urged to incentivise farm owners to let out land for longer periods with higher income tax relief, as new data shows that the overall area let…

FARM POLICY

Government's food export promotion budget to be cut

Country Land and Business Association (CLA) president Victoria Vyvyan has accused the Labour government of “dismantling the rural economy”. Her comments are in response to news that the government is…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

MMG approved as producer organisation for 1,200 dairy farms

MMG Dairy Farmers, which represents roughly 1,200 dairy producers supplying Muller, has been formally recognised as a dairy producer organisation (DPO). MMG had historically been jointly funded by Muller and…

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Code for Countryside Roads released due to high death rate

NFU Mutual has introduced a Code for Countryside Roads to address the high fatality rate on rural roads and enhance safety for vulnerable road users throughout the UK. The Code…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

Dairy processors hold milk prices into new year

Farmgate milk prices may have potentially peaked as markets begin to stabilise after a sustained period of growth throughout most of 2024. Dairy markets remain relatively strong overall, with butter,…

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BUDGET

Environmental campaigner and writer George Monbiot has condemned the government’s decision to freeze crucial capital grants aimed at funding ecological restoration and sustainable farming practices. Defra has temporarily frozen 76…

Opinion

OPINION

Margaret Thatcher famously disliked the countryside because she thought it “untidy”. Yet here we are in autumn, the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and the crunch, bang and splat of…

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COMMUNITY

The year was 2017. After months of arguing that an early parliamentary election would distract from the necessity of focusing on Brexit negotiations, prime minister Theresa May stunned the country…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming. Congratulations on finding this email amid all the Black Friday nonsense. Here are your markets as usual – including yet another set of…

NEWS

To the Welsh Winter Fair this week, one of the UK’s best events for red meat producers. The alleys were thronged, the trade stands falling over themselves to hand out…

WILL'S WORLD

The year was 2017. After months of arguing that an early parliamentary election would distract from the necessity of focusing on Brexit negotiations, prime minister Theresa May stunned the country…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Like all farmers I’m deeply frustrated by the Labour government's Budget. All those promises made at the NFU conference have turned out to be lies. Like most farms, we will…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

We moved to three-times-a-day milking at the start of the month. I believe milk price and feed price currently lend themselves to it, but the real driver is to try…

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COMMUNITY

Video: 90 and Counting - dairy farmer Edward Brown, Devon

From a very young age, farming is all I wanted to do. I’m not sure I ever thought I’d be milking cows, certainly not with robots – back then all…

FARM POLICY

Video: Farmers have their say on Budget plans in mass rally

Farmers Weekly reporters were on the ground at the farming rally in Westminster on Tuesday 19 November 2024 and spoke to protesting farmers, and their supporters, about their concerns over…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 231: London 'farm tax' protest special

Thousands of farmers gather in London to lobby MPs and protest against changes to inheritance tax rules. From April 2026, agricultural assets worth more than £1m will be liable for…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 230: Clarkson to join London farm tax protest

In this episode, Jeremy Clarkson is set to join thousands of farmers protesting against the government’s decision to impose inheritance tax on farmland. The TV celebrity and star of Clarkson’s…

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