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FARM POLICY

Rural businesses across England are facing many years of delays in securing planning permission, stalling growth, housing targets, and investment, according to new data from the Country Land and Business…

ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES

Farmers share how bombshell SFI closure will affect them

Defra’s abrupt closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for new applicants has rightfully left farmers across England feeling frustrated and betrayed. Why did the Labour party decide to close…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: Spring drilling progress and T0s in winter wheat

Spring drilling is well under way across the UK and crops are generally going in pretty good conditions. This earlier start is being welcomed after last spring when hardly any…

CROP MANAGEMENT

How tech trial is helping Lincs estate improve wheat inputs

Lessons learned from a technology trial are being rolled out across the rest of the cropping area on one Lincolnshire Estate, as part of an ongoing drive to improve nitrogen…

WHEAT

Wheat variety Vibe gains full Group 1 milling approval

UK Flour Millers has announced the winter wheat variety Vibe is confirmed as a full Group 1 variety following three years of baking assessments. Vibe joined the AHDB Recommended List…

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MEDICINES

Making time to take a structured approach to solving a problem will avoid endless firefighting and find farm-specific solutions that work and are easy to implement. As a result, time…

ROOT CROP EQUIPMENT

Improved down-pressure adjustment for Grimme Matrix drill

Grimme has released additional features for the new-generation Matrix precision seeder, including hydraulic down-pressure adjustment and individual unit lift to create tramlines. The latest version of the Matrix, a mechanical…

ROOT CROP EQUIPMENT

Standen unveils SR300 three-row trailed potato planter

A versatile combination of three- or two-row bed planting can be achieved with the three-row version of Standen Engineering’s “SR” cup-type trailed potato planter. The new model comes hot on…

TRACTORS

Agriweld introduces Adapter Guard tractor front bumper

Deflecting objects away from front tractor wheels during a collision is the key safety feature of the new Adapter Guard. The aim, says manufacturer Agriweld, is to minimise the risk…

TELEHANDLERS

Continental VF tyres now available for loading shovels

Having “CombineMaster” moulded into the sidewall does not mean some of the latest Continental high-tech, high-capacity traction tyres are confined to heavy harvesting machinery. Their characteristics – including the ability…

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Farm-based holiday providers are dealing with a significant shift in market dynamics because of a combination of tax and regulatory reforms, and a change in the shape of demand. Short…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Tom Hind, an associate with Carter Jonas Rural, advises on the consideration…

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FARM POLICY

An emergency roundtable meeting with farming organisations has been scheduled for Monday 17 March to discuss Defra’s decision to pull the plug on new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications. Farming…

Opinion

OPINION

Defra recently released its land use consultation, a call for a “national conversation” about how we use our land that will feed into a land use framework later this year.…

Community

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

This lovely photo is of Holly Lockley and two of her new Suffolk lambs. Holly is a first-generation farmer with eight breeding ewes and two yearlings running on for next…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF), with a…

OPINION

Well, Defra’s SFI closure bombshell this week means it turns out it was an unsustainable farming incentive after all. Like hapless Looney Tunes villain Wile E Coyote briefly sprinting in…

WILL'S WORLD

I’ve spent most of today sawing logs. It’s one of my favourite jobs, mainly because I can get completely lost in it. Put on the ear defenders, tune out from…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Things have perked up over the past few weeks in south Devon. Crops are certainly looking healthier after a few frosts and some much-needed sunshine. Soil conditions have dried up…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Our official start date for calving is 4 February, and 50% of the herd had calved by 12 February, including 75 heifers, so we have been occupied. At 1 March,…

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Video: 90 & Counting: Livestock farmer Becka Stables

Fourth-generation farmer, 28-year-old Becka Stables, tells Farmers Weekly about her farming family and her career journey so far. My family and I farm 580 acres at Lowbank End and Newhall…

FARM POLICY

London rally: Farm leaders vow to continue IHT fight

Farm leaders have pledged to continue their fight against the government’s plans to introduce a 20% inheritance tax on agricultural assets, vowing to keep up the pressure until Sir Keir…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 245: Options for farmers locked out of SFI

Just why did the government close its flagship agri-environment scheme without warning? We examine the options for farmers unable to join Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive. A new study says the…

NEWS

Farmers Weekly Emergency Podcast: Defra pulls plug on SFI

In this emergency episode, we examine the implications of Defra's decision to stop accepting applications for its flagship agri-environment scheme. The shock announcement to draw a line under the Sustainable…

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