All from last 24 hours ELMLandscape Recovery projects rattled by Defra’s exit clauseFarmers and land managers involved in England’s flagship Landscape Recovery (LR) scheme are demanding urgent reassurance after discovering that Defra can terminate long-term agreements with only 12 months’ notice. The… COMMUNITYDouble lives of women farmers revealed through photo projectA photographic project is casting a light on the resilience of women farmers in the north of England. “Beyond the Fields” captures women who, in many cases, are sustaining not… NEWSFurther bluetongue cases detected in County DownPreliminary results of testing carried out by Daera on a County Down herd – where two suspected cases of bluetongue virus were recently identified and confirmed as BTV-3 – have… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: More land needed to maximise machinery useNovember has been a typically slow month. We lifted more sugar beet when conditions allowed, and store lambs continued to arrive on our farms to graze cover crops. The machinery… NEWSGreek sheep and goat flocks hit hard by pox outbreakGreek farmers are facing heavy financial losses after around 430,000 sheep and goats have been culled during the past year due to an outbreak of highly contagious sheep pox and… TAXBudget analysis: IHT concession but added taxes elsewhereChancellor Rachel Reeves’s 26 November Budget made the £1m inheritance tax (IHT) allowance on qualifying assets transferable between spouses and civil partners. This brings the rules for this allowance in… PIGSHow organic pig breeder setup benefits business performanceProducer Guy King has doubled sow numbers from 500 to 1,000, and the 2023 Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year is now selling 350-400 finished pigs a week from… NUTRITION AND FERTILISERNew crop nutrition product combines amino acid and phosphateA new crop nutrition product that combines arginine - nature’s most nitrogen-rich amino acid - with phosphate, aims to create stronger root systems and more consistent yields. Global agtech company… TRACTORSMassey Ferguson adds stepless Dyna-VT to 5S tractor rangeMassey Ferguson’s popular 5S tractors are now available with a stepless Dyna-VT transmission as an alternative to the Dyna-4 or Dyna-6 semi-powershifts. This option is offered on all five models…
