Latest farming videos CAREERS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTStem students get a taste of careers in agricultureFarmers Weekly showcased agricultural careers to some 26,000 people from non-farming backgrounds at New Scientist Live last week, with the help of its partners. Among the visitors to the event… COMMUNITYVideo: 90 and Counting - arable farmer Rebecca Hill, DorsetHere at North West Farm, Dorset, we’re about seven miles from the Jurassic coastline and at the top of the farm we have an archaeological dig. That’s my favourite place… SUGAR BEETVideo: Sugar beet harvest 2024 starts with highs of 100t/haThe 2024 sugar beet harvest is off to a promising start, as some early-lifted crops already hit over the 100t/ha mark and sugar levels hold firm. Lincolnshire beet grower and… CALVINGVideo: How 2024 autumn block-calving is getting onThis is autumn-calver Ben Wade’s sixth season on his arable conversion in Leicestershire. Having sold 50 cows at the end of the block he should finish calving in seven weeks.… BOVINE TBDairy farmer who suffered bovine TB hell exits industryA Pembrokeshire farmer has made the difficult decision to sell his dairy unit and leave farming after suffering at the hands of bovine TB. Steve Evans, a fourth-generation farmer based… HARVESTOrganic spring wheat and bean bicrop hits hefty premiumAn organic crop of spring milling wheat intercropped with beans is set to achieve a hefty milling premium after a successful harvest at Devon farmer George Greed’s farm near Exeter.… COMMUNITYVideo: 90 and Counting - livestock farmer Sharon HammondPowys livestock farmer Sharon Hammond has been farming for 50 years. As part of Farmers Weekly's 90th anniversary series celebrating the enduring nature of farming generations, she takes us on… BOVINE TBBrian May - ‘Badgers are irrelevant in cattle TB spread’Queen guitarist and animal rights campaigner Sir Brian May has staked his life on badgers playing no role in the bovine TB nightmare for farmers. He believes badgers do not… HARVESTVideo: Classic machinery brings in the spring barley harvestA fleet of British-built classic machinery dating back to the early 1970s was bringing in the spring barley harvest at a farm on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border this week. Two Ransome… BEEFVideo: Robotic cattle feeder on track for five-year paybackLabour requirements and fixed costs have been cut by an automatic cattle feeding system that has also improved grower-stage performance by 100g a day on a beef finishing unit. James… HARVESTLate drilling and sheep grazing yield 10t/ha winter wheat cropHarvest of a late-drilled crop of winter wheat that was strategically grazed by sheep is off to a promising start at Briddicott Farm on the edge of Exmoor. With yields… COMMUNITYVideo – 90 and Counting: Somerset sheep farmer John SmallSomerset sheep farmer John Small was born in the 1940s and has been farming in the Mendips for 60 years. He takes us on a journey through the decades as… HARVESTHarvest 2024: Rutland grower cuts OSR after rain delayAfter a later-than-expected start due to showers and the need to bale the straw, a Rutland grower cut his only field of oilseed rape on Friday afternoon (12 July). Charlie… COMMUNITY90 and Counting: 92-year-old Fred Campling's farming lifeIn the first of our series, "90 and Counting", celebrating the enduring nature of farming generations through the decades since FW’s first issue, we talk to 92-year-old Fred Campling. Watch… WHATS IN YOUR LIVESTOCK SHEDVideo: What's in your livestock shed? visits a sheep dairyHaving always kept a small flock of Mules, vets John Bailey and Heather Benbow have now realised their dream to make cheese from their own milking flock. The couple sold… NEWSClarkson's Farm 3 stars on prices, pigs and 'proper' farmingJeremy Clarkson has questioned how so little of the money in the food supply chains ends up in farmers’ hands when they are taking most of the risk. He tackled… FARM POLICYVideo: Farmers wake up Westminster with lively tractor rallyDozens of fed-up farmers drove their tractors to Westminster to send a stark message to MPs and civil servants – stop killing our livelihoods and start backing British farming. A… AIR AND WATERVideo: FW Investigates - would dredging reduce flooding?The past few months of relentless wet weather have again highlighted the pressing issue of how best to manage rivers and watercourses near farmland. Heavy rainfall events are becoming more… COMMUNITYGet ready for BFF 2024 with Farm Fitness videosEntries are rolling in for this year’s Britain’s Fittest Farmer (BFF) competition, with farmers from all corners of the country signing up to take part. For those that are yet… FARM POLICYFarmers put boot into Welsh government farm policy plansNFU Cymru members have given the Welsh government’s future farming policy plans the boot – by placing thousands of pairs of wellies on the steps of the Senedd. On Wednesday… More articles
