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WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits Kaleb Cooper Contracting

Four different tractor brands feature in the fleet owned by contractor and star of Clarkson’s Farm, Kaleb Cooper.  What's in Your Shed heads over to Oxfordshire to find out what…

FEED AND NUTRITION

Advice on preventing two types of spoilage in silage clamps

Good operators are pushing production from forage by making top-quality, high-protein and wetter grass silages, which make it more challenging to prevent secondary fermentation. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding within the industry…

CROP WATCH

Crop Watch: BYDV strategy needs rethink and wheat T2 sprays

Barley yellow dwarf virus is becoming evident in cereals crops, resulting from the high aphid pressure being seen this spring.  Also this week, our agronomists discuss T2 fungicide options in…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

How on-farm adaptations are helping ease physical strain

Bad backs, bad necks, bad knees, bad shoulders. For many farmers, problems like these are simply part of the job – the result of years spent lifting, carrying, bending and…

CRIME

Hare coursing sentencing rules to consider harm to farmers

Courts will be required to take greater account of the impact of hare coursing on farmers, rural communities and the countryside under new sentencing guidelines published this week. The Sentencing…

HEALTH AND SAFETY

How simple steps can protect and save farm lives and others

While the stats vary according to the source, it is clear that knowing what to do in the face of a serious injury helps prevent many deaths from trauma before…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Cattle return and major cropping changes

Times are a-changing here, and we have cattle back at Valetta for the first time since the mid-1990s. When we first moved to this farm, we ran some cattle alongside…

FARM POLICY

Major setback as farmers’ inheritance tax challenge dismissed

Farming families have suffered a major setback after the High Court rejected a legal challenge to controversial inheritance tax reforms that many fear could force the break-up of long-established family…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Bullish wheat markets push new crop above £190/t

Arable farmers were presented with a potential selling opportunity this week, as wheat markets rallied in response to the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) global crop estimates. UK feed…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

‘Seismic waves’ on the way for farming as Iran war persists

UK farmers are being warned of a “seismic impact” from the ongoing war in the Middle East, with “crops rotting in the fields” and significant areas left unplanted this autumn.…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Morrisons’ abattoir serves notice to pig producers

Woodheads abattoir in Lincolnshire, owned by the supermarket chain Morrisons, has given notice to a significant number of pig producers, citing a “challenging economic climate”. Some producers are expected to…

NEWS

Advertising watchdog backs AHDB Let's Eat Balanced campaign

The Advertising Standards Authority has backed the AHDB’s Let’s Eat Balanced campaign after complaints made by broadcaster and environmental campaigner Chris Packham. The complaint focused on a series of television,…