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CRIME

Scottish farmers are being urged to remain on high alert following a spate of attempted livestock thefts during the lambing season. The thefts have prompting warnings from NFU Scotland, NFU…

PEST MANAGEMENT

What first OSR to mitigate flea beetle means for growers

A hybrid oilseed rape that has been bred with resilience against cabbage stem flea beetle could make the difference between crop success and failure when deployed as part of an…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

How sheep, varieties and nutrition can help manage disease

Fungicides remain a central pillar in controlling disease on our Arable Insights farmer panel’s farms, despite most wishing to reduce chemical inputs as much as possible. However, managing nitrogen and…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Why dry conditions are complicating barley disease control

Winter barley crops are approaching the critical T1 fungicide timing and growers are being advised to assess disease risk carefully, as the prolonged dry conditions could complicate treatment decisions. Overall…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

April showers could change wheat disease outlook

Winter wheat growers are being urged to be wary of septoria and yellow rust if the weather turns wet leading up to key T1 fungicide spray timings at the end…

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BEEF

Operating a controlled traffic system on silage fields this year – for both nutrient applications and grass harvesting – should prevent soil compaction. Giving up rolling (to push stones back…

DIET FEEDERS

Lely ramps up capacity of automated Vector feeding system

Dairy producers switching to Lely’s Vector automated feeding system or using an existing installation can equip themselves with a comprehensively upgraded mixer-feeder to save time or serve more cattle. The…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Contractor customises UK's first Borger slurry separator

Several contractors are running trailer-mounted Borger RC150 separators these days, but Lockerbie-based Andy Rae was the first to do so in the UK. Having pumped, hauled and spread millions of…

GRASSLAND AND MAIZE EQUIPMENT

Tractek develops trailed grass harrow for ATVs and pickups

Devonian outfit Tractek has bolstered its fledgling range of grassland rejuvenators with a new trailed model. Its debut Scarrow was a tractor-mounted affair that paired 96 scarifying tines with a…

UMBILICAL

Co Down farm offers free slurry separating – with a catch

The typical business model for a large, mobile slurry separator is as follows: a contractor stumps up the cash to buy it and charges customers an hourly rate for the…

PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

The tax and legal considerations for alternative enterprises depend very much on the type of enterprise and how it sits within or separately from the farming business.  One of the…

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…

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PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

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

“Walk softly and carry a big stick” was how former US president Theodore Roosevelt summarised his approach to foreign policy. “Shout loudly and flail wildly with a revolver and a…

Community

COMMUNITY

Ayrshire dairy farmer Bryce Cunningham has praised Holy Cow, a new French film, for its honest depiction of life on the land, saying it resonates strongly with the challenges faced…

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. First, here’s your markets (opens as…

OPINION

“You can have as many people and as much money as you want, as long as we don’t run out of food,” read the text message that flashed up on…

WILL'S WORLD

As I get older, I find myself thinking about my grandparents more and more. How I wish I could have tea and biscuits around the farmhouse kitchen table with them…

Arable Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

Finally, the oilseed rape is reaching skywards so quickly I had to stop and stare to see if I could actually see it growing. This is just as well, given…

Livestock Farmer Focus

FARMER FOCUS

How many steps are there in a marathon? Apparently, it is more than 42,000. That means, according to my phone, I'm completing two marathons every two days. No wonder we…

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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 248: Border controls and milling wheat strike

In this episode, livestock industry leaders warn of a devastating animal disease outbreak unless the government tightens border controls. MPs quiz Defra minister Daniel Zeichner as cereal growers "go on…

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…

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