All from last 24 hours BEEFHow a Sutherland suckler herd achieved a compact calvingScottish farmers Vic and Jason Ballantyne have condensed their calving period of 10 weeks in recent years, to seven weeks over the past two seasons. This is contributing to a… NEWSThis Week in Farming: Budget, beef price and bokashiWelcome back to This Week in Farming, your regular run through the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. Before we get started, here are your markets. Beef… BUSINESSHow farm businesses can borrow wiselyFarmers Weekly is occasionally contacted by farmers in financial difficulty after taking on additional borrowings. These stories are difficult to report because often it is possible to have only one… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Still struggling with linseed harvestBy now I would expect harvest to be finished and be busy drilling wheat, but this is not the case. I still have 30ha of linseed left to cut. The… NEWSOpinion: New biodiversity app tells me nothing I don't knowIt wasn’t easy at ag college, being a farmer's son and studying environmental management. People swerved me in the corridors, there were shouts of "tree hugger" in the cafeteria, and… FARM MAINTENANCEScottish Crofting Federation launches training programmeThe Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has launched its “Crofting for the Future” training programme to help crofters adapt to changes in agricultural support and address climate and biodiversity challenges. Backed… CEREAL DRILLSHorsch expands Partner FT range with triple hopper tankFront tanks for working with seed drills, planters and cultivators are all the rage just now – and Horsch has added to its singular Partner 1.6 FT with larger-capacity models… NEWSWin a Farm Stay getaway with FW Sentiment SurveyIt’s that time of year again when we seek to take the pulse of the farming sector with our annual Farmers Weekly Sentiment Survey – and this year there’s an… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESArla, First Milk and Barbers confirm milk price risesDairy producers supplying Arla, First Milk and Barbers will all benefit from further price increases as wholesale dairy demand continues to support the sector. Bulk cream, butter and mild cheddar… NEWSAHDB calls for creation of farm data custodianPlans to establish a central industry body to store farm environmental data have been put forward by the AHDB. The volume of data being captured on farm is at an… NEWSCLA launches campaign to 'save family farms'The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has launched a campaign aimed at defending family farms and rural businesses from recent policy changes introduced in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget, which…
