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The government's long-awaited Land Use Strategy is set to be pushed back again until at least early 2025. On 26 November, Defra’s parliamentary under-secretary of state, Baroness Hayman of Ullock,…

VARIETY SELECTION

Spring barley list sees five additions and net blotch scores

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

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.…

OILSEED RAPE

Data reveals cost of oilseed rape failures

Having an effective plan B is vital when growing oilseed rape, as making the wrong decision when redrilling a failed crop can cost farmers up to £674/ha in lost margins,…

ARABLE

Farmers invited to debate growing of precision-bred crops

A campaign invites farmers and others across the farming industry to engage in a nationwide discussion on precision-bred crops and their potential impact on farming. As the government moves forward…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK DISEASES

Surrogate rams could provide an alternative to artificial insemination, helping producers reach their sheep breeding goals, such as higher feed efficiency rates and lower environmental impact, more quickly. This could…

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…

TECHNOLOGY

Stout adds fert application to high-tech mechanical weeder

Mechanical weeding specialist Stout has developed a fertiliser application system for its so-called “smart cultivator”, allowing the camera-guided tool to perform three functions in a single pass. The first is…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

FW Inventions Comp opens for entries with ÂŁ2.5k prize pot

It’s time for another season of Farmers Weekly’s long-running Farm Inventions Competition. With a back catalogue containing thousands of ingenious ideas, there’s nowhere better to read about workshop builds that have saved…

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,…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Business Clinic: Should I sell farm cottages or improve them?

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…

LAND MARKETS

Forestry market in flux with further price falls

The area of commercial forestry sales and average prices have both fallen further over the past 12 months, according to the UK Forestry Market Report 2024 from Tilhill Forestry and…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Profits up by 17% at meat business Cranswick

Major meat processor Cranswick saw big growth in both revenue and profit margins during the first half of the 2024 financial year, driven by an increase in pig numbers. Cranswick…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Business Clinic: Neither my father nor brother has a will

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here Ben Coulson, a partner in Thrings’ succession and tax team, advises on…

LAND MARKETS

Farmland in your area 2024: North-west England

Sustained demand for small pockets of bare land has driven the farmland market in the north-west of England throughout 2024, with land in locations that have a concentration of larger…

BUSINESS

Farm staff pay and conditions: How to get the balance right

Some farmers award their staff an annual pay rise. For others, however, regular uplifts are not a given, with factors ranging from the individual’s performance to the financial position of…

GRANTS

ÂŁ57.5m paid out to flood-affected farmers

Flood-hit farmers in England have been paid out £57.5m in funding so far through the government’s Farming Recovery Fund. The fund has made more than 12,700 one-off payments to eligible…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Trade at livestock markets thriving despite bluetongue zones

Auction marts have seen a flying trade for both beef and lamb, despite the logistical challenges posed by the bluetongue restriction zone covering half of the country. Buyers still appear…

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ELM

Garnstone Farms received its highest level of subsidy payment this year, thanks to a practical Sustainable Farming Incentive and remaining Basic Payment Scheme income, which exceeded the peak of previous…

Opinion

NEWS

For any still unsure about the medium-term implications for British (or at least English) agriculture of leaving the Common Agricultural Policy, the government’s Budget of 30 October did at least…

Community

YOUNG FARMERS

As the chill of winter settles across much of the country, two rural charities are working to support and safeguard the wellbeing of farming communities, ensuring they have the help…

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

November has finally delivered some reasonable drilling conditions, and with hindsight waiting another week would have been even better. This year, I have tried to simplify my system further and…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

The dominant subject around the kitchen table has been the impact of the Budget. This Labour government has given us and many farming businesses a mountain to climb. I am…

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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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