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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

The UK government is providing a cash boost of £45.6m for farming through three separate funds, which aim to increase profits, increase food production and help protect nature. From robots…

COVER CROPS

How a Lucerene living mulch is working in Denmark

A living mulch based on the perennial crop lucerne is allowing Danish farmer and agronomist Frederik Larsen to harvest more sunlight and produce two crops each year, while reducing costs…

SUGAR BEET

New insecticide to control virus yellows in sugar beet

Sugar beet growers have a brand-new mode of action insecticide available this spring for managing aphids carrying virus yellows. This brings the number of different mode of action to three,…

POTATOES

What new blight strain means for fungcide strategies in 2025

It was at the tail end of last season that monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the EU46 strain had been found in Wales and eastern Scotland, marking the…

ARABLE

Norfolk grower to start irrigating cereals amid dry spell

With just 13mm of rain since the beginning of March, Norfolk grower Michael Wilton will start irrigating cereals this week to protect yield potential. Michael manages the Stody Estate’s acreage…

Livestock

 

DAIRY

Dairy farms clamping grass silage with digestibility of more than 70% should have the courage to challenge their production of milk from forage. Substituting 1kg of concentrates with 1kg of…

ATVS AND UTVS

ATVtrac offers lower cost Lite vehicle-tracking system

ATVtrac has launched a Lite version of its vehicle-tracking system for buyers happy to forego a few features in return for a keener price. It offers largely identical security provisions,…

TRACTORS

Zetor launches 131-171hp four-cylinder Series 6 tractors

Zetor may have drifted off the UK farming radar, but the Czech firm intends to bounce back – starting with a new 131-171hp Series 6 range. It encompasses three four-cylinder…

TRACTORS

Ultimate guide to buying a tractor 2025

A flurry of newcomers in the 90-130hp range destined for livestock and mixed-enterprise farms are the main changes to this year’s Farmers Weekly Ultimate Guide to tractors. See also: Fendt tractors:…

CEREAL DRILLS

Beds farmer builds 6m low-disturbance drill for wet ground

Nothing gets the cogs of a creative mind whirring quite like the pitter-patter of rain on the workshop roof when there’s field work to get done. With Green End Farm’s…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Contract farming agreements (CFAs) need to be more tailored than ever, advisers say, reflecting more closely the quality of land and buildings, alongside cropping and environmental measures. While the fierce…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Joe Spencer, a partner at accountant MHA, advises on how farm or…

Transition section

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Over the past couple of seasons, milling wheat growers have struggled to achieve 13% proteins, with AHDB figures showing Group 1s averaged the lowest levels in a decade at 12.5%…

Opinion

OPINION

The sudden unexpected closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) in England to new applications is a reminder of the inherent risks to farmers of repatriating farm policy to Westminster…

Community

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

Farmers across North Yorkshire are facing a deepening health crisis, according to a new report, with many delaying care due to isolation, workload, and stigma. A survey conducted by Healthwatch…

Week in focus

POTATOES

Setting up potato crops during the period between planting and the onset of tuber bulking to achieve optimum bulking rates is crucial for maximising potato yields.   This is according…

OPINION

In the ongoing debate over where farm policy should end up, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are each, in their own way, striving to do something new. Apart from…

WILL'S WORLD

I’ve dealt with a considerable amount of ball ache lately. Not the usual variety, like farm assurance inspections or whole-herd TB tests, or even a burst hydraulic pipe at 5.05…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

What a relief, even my eyes and cheeks feel strange as the stress and tension drains from my face. In the rat race you don’t realise how bad it is…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

For the past few years, we have started off the year by scheduling in staff appraisals for all our team, including myself. At the end of the meeting, I set…

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COMMUNITY

Video: 90 and Counting: Mixed farmer, Frankie Turner, Leics

Fourth-generation farmer Frankie Turner, 18, tells Farmers Weekly about working with her family, her studies and her passion for welding. I live on Grange Farm just north of Leicestershire. We…

NEWS

Video: Farmers To Action stages ‘Say No to Labour’ protests

More than 1,000 tractors and farmers across the UK put aside their busy spring schedules – drilling, lambing and calving – to take part in a nationwide protest against what…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 250: Endangered hedges and bonanza beef vision

In this episode, we get to grips government grants to fund on-farm innovation and technology to improve productivity. With British Beef Week around the corner (23-30 April), we run the…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 249: Farm profitability and yellow rust

In this episode, the government appoints former NFU president Minette Batters to lead a Defra review to solve farming's "profitability problem". Her appointment – by Defra secretary Steve Reed –…

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