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NEWS

Clarkson's Farm 3 stars on prices, pigs and 'proper' farming

Jeremy 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 POLICY

Video: Farmers wake up Westminster with lively tractor rally

Dozens 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 WATER

Video: 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…

COMMUNITY

Get ready for BFF 2024 with Farm Fitness videos

Entries 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 POLICY

Farmers put boot into Welsh government farm policy plans

NFU 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…

NEWS

Video: 3,000 fed-up Welsh farmers say 'enough is enough'

An estimated 3,000 Welsh farmers and their supporters from across rural Wales descended on the Senedd, the home of the Welsh Parliament, for a mass demonstration against anti-farming policies, says…

WHEAT

Video: Lincs wheat grower claims top prize in 2023 YEN Awards

Lincolnshire farmer Mark Stubbs took the top prize in this year’s Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Awards, with his winter wheat crop yielding 16.6t/ha. The Lincolnshire Wolds grower also won gold…

ESTABLISHMENT

Video: 3 growers reveal impact of rain and spring plans

Relentless wet weather has not only reduced the UK winter cereal area, but hampered yield potential. With costs high and market prices low, we find out how crops are fairing…

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Video: Outwintering system hopes to beat £163 a cow savings

Trial and error are paying off for a Northumberland mixed farm that has transitioned to outwintering its suckler herd over the past three winters. The Sordy family and the team…

SHEEP

Video: Island rallies to dip 28,500 sheep and beat scab

More than 28,000 sheep have been dipped to rid a Hebridean island of a costly and contagious parasite.  Crofters and farmers on Lewis and Harris co-ordinated time off, wagons, trailers,…

DAIRY

How a beef and sheep farm switched to milking Jerseys

Experience on a dairy farm Down Under has inspired a young Devon farmer to take the family farm in a new direction. The land at Crokers Grange Farm, Ipplepen had…

COMMUNITY

Video: Farm pickups take emotional journey to Ukraine war

Farmers who have donated and driven almost 300 pickups laden with humanitarian aid to Ukraine have pledged to deliver more four-wheel-drive vehicles to the war-torn country during 2024. Founded by…

BEEF

How a hardy herd successfully outwinters in Outer Hebrides

Hardy, maternal genetics are ensuring a Scottish family can trust their cows to successfully winter and calve unaided on an island, only being checked on during low tide.  The Ardbhan…

DAIRY

Video: How a new parlour improved herd efficiency and health

Investment in a rotary parlour has helped a Devon dairy maximise efficiencies during milking of its 350-head Holstein Friesian herd, with milking time slashed by more than 50%, labour burdens…

NEWS

Video: Farmer defends his actions on River Lugg

A Herefordshire farmer who was jailed for causing damage to a protected river has defended his actions, insisting they helped prevent flooding to local properties and land. Several homes along…

COMMUNITY

Kaleb Cooper: 'I think farming chose me, in a weird way'

Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper rose to fame after appearing on the hit TV farming show, which documents the highs and lows of running Diddly Squat - a 400ha farm…

NEWS

Exclusive: Batters apologises over Red Tractor debacle

NFU president Minette Batters has apologised to her members who have been “upset” by the union’s handling of the introduction of Red Tractor’s controversial green module, the Greener Farm Commitment…

NEWS

Video: Farmers block supermarket depots in price protests

Farmers have blocked entrances to supermarket distribution centres during a night of UK-wide protests to demand fairer prices. A number of supermarket sites across Britain were targeted from 7pm on…

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

Video: Soil health focus reduces cow variable costs by 40%

Basing a farming system on improving soil health has helped a Northumberland mixed farm strip costs out of its sucklers and halve its winter housing period. The variable costs of…

AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION

Video: Trade and food security top concerns for Lib Dems

The Liberal Democrats have passed a wide-ranging motion pledging better support for British farmers to produce food more sustainably, protect the environment and uphold their high standards in trade deals.…

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