All from last 24 hours NEWSThis Week in Farming: Agritechnica, agchem alarm and AHDBWelcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, a snapshot of the best Farmers Weekly from the past week. First, here are your market prices (opens as PDF). Finished… POULTRYTips for new entrants from a 16-year-old entrepreneurStarting a new farming enterprise can be challenging at any age. Lewis Thomas was just 13 when he launched his own business, producing free-range eggs from a flock of layers… TAXAdvice on keeping accurate accounts to pay the right taxEfficient bookkeeping is fundamental to producing timely and accurate accounts for both tax and management purposes. Many arable farmers have March year ends and are likely to drop out of… TRACTORSAgritechnica 2025: Deere goes electric with 130hp EPowerEngineers at John Deere’s electric tractor skunkworks have been cooking up a battery powered prototype that will match the performance of a 130hp diesel. Rather than bolt new bits onto an… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Why not fund farmers to benchmark ecology?The kind autumn continues, and the oats are romping away. Slugs haven’t been an issue, even following cover crops. Blackgrass has emerged since drilling, which was always going to happen,… COMMUNITYFarmers’ Ball raises more than £25,000 for charity FCNMore than 400 guests gathered at the Farming Community Network (FCN) Staffordshire Farmers’ Ball earlier this month to celebrate its 30th anniversary and raise vital funds for farming support. The… NEWSFamily-run agricultural data business secures King’s AwardFamily-run farming business Shearwell Data has been formally presented with a King’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The honour was conferred by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mohammed Saddiq,… MOWERSAgritechnica 2025: Kuhn pushes mounted GMD mower to 14.5mFarmers and contractors could get their grass scythed a smidge quicker by upgrading to the latest version of Kuhn’s non-conditioning GMD. The 3.8t 15030 has an albatross-like wingspan of 14.5m… HEADERSAgritechnica 2025: Cover Pro seeds behind Geringhoff headerArable growers keen to get green cover established in double-quick fashion can now drill the seed as they harvest their cash crop, thanks to a collaboration between Geringhoff and Kverneland.…
