All from last 24 hours NEWSThis Week in Farming: Beef, price caps and trade dealsWelcome 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 things first, here are your… SHEEPHow regularly condition scoring ewes reduces lossesRegular body condition scoring proved critical for Devon sheep farmer Richard Stanbury during last year’s dry summer. It highlighted how timely data and targeted management – particularly for young ewes… COMMUNITYMinette Batters' Harvest: Farm, family and political insightFarmers Weekly does not generally do book reviews. But when someone as high-profile and as respected as Minette Batters sends in a tome – well, it would seem rude not… BUSINESSTax treatment of ecosystem services – HMRC guidance issuedHMRC has at last published guidance on the taxation of income and expenses for providing certain nature or ecosystem services. This covers statutory schemes such as biodiversity net gain (BNG)… GRASSLAND AND MAIZE EQUIPMENTBallyheather's Tyreshift flicks sidewalls onto clampsFarm Inventions Competition regular Albert O’Neil has been doing a roaring trade with his Tyreshift 350, which takes the legwork out of loading tyres and sidewalls onto clamps. The nifty… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: High disease pressure adds to the costsThe less said about the weather the better. After only 12mm in the past six weeks the crops are struggling, with spring-sown naked oats suffering the most. In contrast, spring… OPINIONOpinion: Land values defy the realities of farmingMy grandfather, William “Bill” Stanley, began farming in the late 1920s, some years into the great agricultural depression which followed the First World War and lasted until the outbreak of… CROP SELECTIONHigh fertiliser costs: Two cheaper crop options for 2027With soaring fertiliser prices, lacklustre commodity prices and rising pest and disease pressures, experts have highlighted two alternative crops for this autumn, that are much cheaper to grow than wheat… ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMESFarmers advised to prepare now for SFI relaunchFarmers in England are being urged to prepare now for the reopening of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), amid growing expectations that the first application window could open in mid-June.… LAND MARKETS£45m-plus price tag for farm estate with 31 dwellingsA substantial farming estate with 1,149 acres of ring-fenced arable land is on the market at offers in excess of £45m. The Edgcote Estate on the Northamptonshire/Oxfordshire border has considerable…
