All from last 24 hours STAFF MANAGEMENTHow new schemes offer scope for farm work candidatesThe November 2025 Budget included some positive news on opportunities with potential to encourage more young people into agricultural employment. The government allocated £820m to, in part, fund six months… NEWSThis Week in Farming: Kit dealers ranked, oat juice and SFIWelcome 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… PEST MANAGEMENT10-point plan to beat flea beetle in oilseed rapeOilseed rape growers are being urged to follow a 10-point plan to limit damage from cabbage stem flea beetles, with the most important factor being choosing a drilling date. AHDB's… TRACTORSAgXeed develops more powerful tracked driverless tractorA more powerful version of the tracked AgBot self-guided driverless tractor has been developed by Dutch specialist AgXeed to cater for growers who like the concept but want more muscle… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Why Canadians call wheat 'poverty grass'I started the new year with a trip across the Atlantic to speak at Canada’s South West Agricultural Conference about improving wheat yields. This was a difficult gig as Canadians frequently… STAFF MANAGEMENTEmploy more dairy staff for fewer hours, farmers advisedThe dairy industry does not have a labour shortage. Instead, farmers need to fundamentally address the way they manage people to make the sector more attractive, believes recruitment specialist Paul… NEWSFarmer fined £11,000 for movement and TB testing breachesA farmer has been ordered to pay almost £11,000 after being prosecuted for serious breaches of cattle movement and bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing regulations. John Andrew Hawley, who traded as… NEWSMiliband under fire over surge in farmland solar approvalsEnergy secretary Ed Miliband is facing a mounting political and rural backlash after approving a wave of large-scale solar projects that critics say will swallow productive farmland and industrialise the… FARM POLICYEfra calls for phased approach to EU SPS agreementRushing through a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU could have major consequences for British farmers and should be pursued with caution, MPs on the Environment, Food and… ENVIRONMENTLivestock farmer sustainability initiative launched by DunbiaMajor meat processor Dunbia, a division of Dawn Meats, has launched a project with nine beef and sheep farmers across the UK in a targeted effort to cut carbon emissions…
