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FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: Mollie the heifer smiling in the snow

You may well be feeling the cold as winter gets set in across the country, but despite the snow, Mollie the heifer is all smiles for the camera. The photo…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Data-driven dry cow therapy decisions under way

With only a couple of weeks until dry-off, we are focusing on selective dry cow therapy and culls. Both of these have been determined by our milk recordings and health…

OPINION

Opinion: The list of food we must eat gets ever longer

According to the latest “expert” advice in the press, I need to add 30g of beans a day to my diet for the sake of my health. Not just any…

FERTILISER SPREADERS

Latest Amazone fert spreader monitors throw to self-adjust

Manual fertiliser spreader adjustment could well become a chore of the past if Amazone’s latest technological development takes hold. Dubbed AutoSpread, it works by continually monitoring the spread pattern and…

COMMUNITY

Ex-military personnel sought for John Deere technical roles

Agricultural equipment manufacturer John Deere is holding a fresh drive to recruit ex-military personnel for its dealership network. It has identified men and women with military experience as the “ideal…

VARIETY SELECTION

11 new pulse varieties join PGRO Descriptive List

A total of 11 new pea and bean varieties have been added to the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) Descriptive List for next year. The latest additions include seven…

NEWS

This Week in Farming: Budget, protests and Deere on test

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, here are your markets (opens…