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LAND MARKETS

The first spring lambs have started to come forward at auction markets and, so far, have been selling to a decent trade. Bridgnorth Livestock Market had its first batch of…

PEST MANAGEMENT

Gout fly warning for spring cereals in high-pressure year

High numbers of gout flies are hitting cereal crops this spring, forcing farmers to reduce their yield expectations and in some extreme cases write off whole crops. And while it…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Grower phases out herbicides in favour of mechanical weeding

As herbicide efficacy dwindles and fears of resistance build, East Yorkshire farmer Jonathan Hodgson turned to mechanical weeding as an additional weed control method. Recent dry spring conditions have provided…

ROTATIONS

Long-term spring OSR grower reveals his approach

Graham Bell has grown spring oilseed rape for more than two-and-a-half decades, and, with the right approach, is achieving higher margins than the winter crop it replaced. While spring OSR…

ARABLE

Bayer warns litigation costs threaten glyphosate

German agrochemicals giant Bayer has issued a stark warning to farmers about the future of glyphosate, its widely used herbicide. The company said ongoing legal battles in the US were…

Livestock

 

LIVESTOCK

The Welsh government has announced plans to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals across Wales for the next five years, with a cash injection and a new advisory group to…

COMBINES

Trelleborg develops harvester tracks and updates TM800 tyres

Farm tyre manufacturer Yokohama TWS has entered the market for harvester tracks with the new Trelleborg ART1000 traction belt, while also bringing its long-running TM800 reduced profile tyres up to…

CEREAL DRILLS

Kuhn revamps 4-8m Espro cultivator seed drills

A straight disc option for Kuhn Espro cultivator drills provides a moisture- and power-saving alternative to the 460mm scallop-edge concave discs fitted as standard. While the current fitment completes seedbed…

CULTIVATORS

Amazone unveils Venterra 1K crop hoe for 70hp tractors

Farms wanting to mechanically weed crops with a modest tractor of 60-70hp are catered for by Amazone’s new Venterra 1K hoe, which the manufacturer describes as a versatile “lightweight all-rounder.”…

MACHINERY

Britain's biggest machinery dealers ranked by turnover

Several common threads run through the annual reports filed by agricultural equipment dealers covering the 2023 trading period. Higher interest rates had a significant impact on stocking finance charges, which…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Aiming to deliver a boost in housing construction and infrastructure projects such as roads and railway lines more swiftly, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced last week proposes an entirely…

BUSINESS CLINIC

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Euan Fernie, a partner at accountant MHA, advises on the HMRC anti…

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AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Farm leaders have warned of a growing crisis following the sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme to new applicants, describing it as a move that has “blown…

Opinion

OPINION

“Don’t piss in my pocket then tell me it’s raining” perhaps best encapsulates the response to Defra’s bombshell announcement on the evening of 11 March that it was suspending applications…

Community

COMMUNITY

A Bedfordshire farmer, paralysed after a horse-riding accident, has gained a new hope for recovery after participating in a breakthrough spinal cord trial. In September 2018, Sarra Wilson’s life changed…

Week in focus

NEWS

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. But first, here’s your markets (opens…

OPINION

After all the speculation that this was the week Rachel Reeves would come for red diesel, many of you will have sighed with relief after digesting the chancellor’s Spring Statement…

WILL'S WORLD

As a child of the 1980s who loved science-fiction movies, I could only dream of the astounding technology that would be available to us by the time I grew up.…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Spring has sprung. Although we’re probably in Fool's Spring, or is it False Spring or the Spring of Deception? We’ve sprayed off the cover (failed wheat, blackgrass, chickweed and meadow…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Following February’s piece, I am pleased to announce the safe arrival of our newborn son. All are settling in well. However, the sleep deprivation that a newborn brings, combined with…

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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 247: Red Tractor audits and pesticide plans

In this episode, the Red Tractor assurance scheme responds to criticism by pledging to make farm audits easier for farmers. We speak to the Red Tractor interim chairman Alistair Mackintosh…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 246: Food production ramps up post SFI closure

In this episode, farmers ramp up food production following the closure of the government's flagship environmental scheme. Arable growers who were preparing Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications are now drilling…

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