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Origin Fertiliser rebrands and expands into North East

Origin Fertiliser has rebranded to Origin Soil Nutrition, as part of its shifting focus to provide specialist fertiliser blends with additional crop inputs for individual farms. Its range of custom…

NEWS

Extra time given to comment on Galloway National Park plan

Scottish rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced an extended consultation period for the proposal to designate Galloway as a National Park. This extension gives farmers and crofters, residents, local…

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Tributes paid to dairy advocate David Brookes

The farming community has paid tribute to Staffordshire dairy farmer David Brookes, who has died at the age of 65. David was a passionate supporter of the UK farming industry,…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

Tesco outlines emissions targets for dairy suppliers

Tesco has launched a new Future Dairy Partnership, alongside milk processors Arla and Muller, with a focus on driving down on-farm carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. Farmers supplying Tesco…

CEREAL DRILLS

Lemken revamps Solitair MR piggy-back seed drill

The complexity of different cropping practices – such as undersowing, companion cropping, cover crops, and so on – is catered for by the latest version of Lemken’s Solitair MR piggy-back…

ROOT CROP EQUIPMENT

Grimme Prios 440 now plants into separated beds

Grimme has revealed a new version of its Prios 440 cup planter, which can place seed into prepared beds. The firm launched the trailed four-row machine two years ago. It…

FARM MAINTENANCE

Scottish Crofting Federation launches training programme

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has launched its “Crofting for the Future” training programme to help crofters adapt to changes in agricultural support and address climate and biodiversity challenges. Backed…

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A perilous future awaits hill farmers in some of England’s most isolated communities if public spending on agriculture is cut in this month’s Budget, says a leading charity. Friends of…

 

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OPINION

Editor's View: Chancellor hikes punishment for sudden death

After today’s (30 October) Budget, chancellor Rachel Reeves’ message to farmers is “don’t die unexpectedly or it’ll cost you”. If Defra secretary Steve Reed and farming minister Daniel Zeichner were…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Jobs can wait for harvest festival recital

I’d said I couldn’t go. We had cattle booked to go to the abattoir that morning, it was forecast to pour with rain all day, and I had a million…