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DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

First Milk invests £16.8m at Lake District Creamery

Major dairy processor First Milk has committed to investing millions in its Lake District Creamery in Cumbria. The co-operative, which is supplied by roughly 700 farmers in the UK, will…

STAFF MANAGEMENT

Urgent investment needed to upskill workforce says Lantra

The UK must urgently invest in land-based skills or risk a further decline in food security and greater reliance on imported food, according to sector training body Lantra. New research…

GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

7 ways to protect grass growth from dry weather extremes

The UK had the warmest and sunniest spring on record in 2025. Twelve months on, after a winter of extreme rainfall in some regions, this year’s growing season is following…

NEWS

FW Awards: Nominate your 2026 Farming Champion

Farmers Weekly is on the hunt for a special person who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to help British agriculture in the past 12 months. The…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Cattle get air time as TV crew arrives

May used to feel like a quieter month on the farm – spring drilling completed, cattle turned out, and only the spraying left to keep on top of. These days,…

OPINION

Opinion: Why can’t I quit this bad supermarket romance?

In a tongue-in-cheek agony aunt letter exchange, David Bennie imagines British farming as a spurned partner in a fraught relationship with the supermarkets. See also: How dog field diversifications can…

ATVS AND UTVS

Kandi adds to electric UTV choice with new distributor

Farm buggy users weighing up a switch from diesel to electric propulsion have another option amongst a growing number of battery-powered UTVs in the Kandi Innovator E10K. The Chinese manufacturer’s…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Hawkstone Farmers Choir celebrates victory in BGT finals

The Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir has become the first choir to win ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show, securing the public vote last Saturday evening (30 May) and picking up a £250,000…

MILK PRICES

Farmgate milk prices hold steady for June and July

Dairy markets appear to be stabilising, with several major milk processors holding farmgate milk prices during the summer months. The outlook for the dairy sector appears mixed, with wholesale values…

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 307: Carbon cash delays and farm assurance

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review…

NEWS

Duchess of Edinburgh applauds Open Farm Sunday hosts

The Duchess of Edinburgh has praised Open Farm Sunday (OFS) host farmers for helping bring urban and rural communities closer together, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the event next…