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FARM POLICY

Video: Oxford protesters stand up against IHT policies

Protesters sent a clear message to Defra secretary Steve Reed as he gave a speech to farmers today at the Oxford Farming Conference. As Mr Reed outlined his long-term vision…

COMMUNITY

Video: 90 & Counting - Robert Scaling, North Yorkshire

Cliff Farm, just outside Pickering, North Yorkshire, was bought by my great-great granddad in 1908 and we’ve been here ever since. We are currently at around 160 acres owned with…

FARM POLICY

Video: 600 tractors make a statement against farm tax policy

More than 600 tractors sent a message to MPs on Wednesday 11 December as farmers continued in their efforts to change the government's inheritance tax and business property relief policies.…

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…

CAREERS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Stem students get a taste of careers in agriculture

Farmers 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…

COMMUNITY

Video: 90 and Counting - arable farmer Rebecca Hill, Dorset

Here 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 BEET

Video: Sugar beet harvest 2024 starts with highs of 100t/ha

The 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…

CALVING

Video: How 2024 autumn block-calving is getting on

This 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 TB

Dairy farmer who suffered bovine TB hell exits industry

A 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…

HARVEST

Organic spring wheat and bean bicrop hits hefty premium

An 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.…

COMMUNITY

Video: 90 and Counting - livestock farmer Sharon Hammond

Powys 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 TB

Brian 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…

HARVEST

Video: Classic machinery brings in the spring barley harvest

A 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…

BEEF

Video: Robotic cattle feeder on track for five-year payback

Labour 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…

HARVEST

Late drilling and sheep grazing yield 10t/ha winter wheat crop

Harvest 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…

COMMUNITY

Video – 90 and Counting: Somerset sheep farmer John Small

Somerset 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…

HARVEST

Harvest 2024: Rutland grower cuts OSR after rain delay

After 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…

COMMUNITY

90 and Counting: 92-year-old Fred Campling's farming life

In 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 SHED

Video: What's in your livestock shed? visits a sheep dairy

Having 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…

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