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This Week in Farming: Workshops, wet weather and wheat

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First up, here are your market…

TAX

Farming partnership wins appeal against £43,438 VAT penalty

A farming partnership has won an appeal against a £43,438 VAT penalty, imposed because it failed to notify to HMRC of its liability to register for VAT. The penalty arose…

BEEF

How easy calving underpins low-input suckler herd success

Breeding a low-input cow that has good temperament and functionality, thrives on challenging pastures and produces a calf unaided has been the goal at Atlantic Angus for more than 20…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Questions which may leave me without a job

I am aware that my last article reported back on a recent conference I attended in Oxford. And as it hasn’t stopped raining in Shimpling since then, I have no…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Cow sledge helps move ailing animals

Neville Kirkham has won first place in the intermediate category. Leicestershire dairy farmer Neville Kirkham built a telehandler-mounted cow sledge to quickly get down cows back on their feet without…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Inventions Comp 2026: Moo-mover encourages cows into parlour

Albert O'Neill has won third place in the complex category. Having invested in a new DeLaval rotary parlour last year, County Tyrone dairy farmer Albert O’Neill faced the challenge of…

CRIME

Fly-tipped farmer fundraiser tops £54,000

A fundraiser for a Herefordshire farmer targeted by fly-tippers has surpassed £54,000, as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs unveils new waste crime enforcement technology. The online appeal,…