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NEWS

Frustrated farmers target ports in fresh protests

Farmers are staging tractor protests at Felixstowe and Avonmouth ports, as part of a co-ordinated wave of demonstrations that is also targeting supermarket distribution centres. Organisers say the aim of…

OPINION

Editor's View: Lax food security must end in dangerous world

The flow of illegal meat imports across the border has for some time been one of the most salient threats to both the food and farming industry. So it was…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Dairy business course focuses on cost control

Santa surpassed himself this year and managed to get a Scalextric track down the chimney. Apparently, it was for the boys, but I had a great time reliving my youth.…

PARTNERSHIPS

Appeal Court upholds farm business buyout in partnership case

A Court of Appeal judgment confirming an earlier High Court decision creates a precedent allowing an order to be made that in certain partnership dissolution circumstances, one partner can buy…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: 8 predictions for farming in 30 years' time

I made my annual trip to the Oxford Farming Conference recently, and as ever, thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It was lovely to catch up with friends, old and new, and…

FERTILISER SPREADERS

Rear conveyors get AgriSpread AS3000 throwing fertiliser 54m

A working width of up to 54m is possible with AgriSpread's latest bulk material applicator, thanks to the addition of two disc-feeding fold-down conveyors. Positioning the spinners 6.1m apart on…

NEWS

Video: Farmers shut down Lidl depots in price protests

In a fresh wave of direct action, farmers have used tractors to blockade three Lidl distribution centres across England, including sites in Peterborough, Doncaster – close to Lidl’s UK headquarters…

TENANCIES AND RENTS

Tenanted farm sector slows as short lets persist

UK farm letting activity slowed sharply in 2024, with short tenancies dominating the sector across the UK, according to the Central Asociation of Agricultural Valuers' (CAAV) annual land occupation report.…