All from last 24 hours SHEEPHow running two flocks helps farm optimise market potentialA Powys sheep farmer is maximising his flock’s potential by working with the natural landscape and running two distinct production systems tailored to different markets. Neil Davies runs 3,500 Epynt… YOUNG FARMERSRebekah Housden: Is highlighting farming issues off-putting?It’s a sunny morning on the round trip to feed the ewes, and Jeremy Vine’s debate show is on the radio. The topic? The effects of the current world problems… BUSINESS CLINICBusiness Clinic: What is most tax-savvy option for farm?Whether it’s a legal, tax, finance or management question, Farmers Weekly’s expert panel can help. Here, Kate Bell, of Albert Goodman chartered accountants, advises on the tax implications of four business scenarios… CROP MANAGEMENTHow tech approach lifted ‘field of the future’ margins 26%A change in approach at Revesby Estate in Lincolnshire saw the “field of the future” deliver a 26% higher gross margin than the farm standard at harvest 2025, in a… AGRICULTURAL TRANSITIONTransition Farmer: IHT poses threat to succession plansThe watering down of the initial tax proposal to inherited farmland has done little to protect family farms such as Farmers Weekly Transition Farmer Fergal Watson’s. We catch up with… ARABLETrials go beyond the plot with Limagrain farm demo networkLimagrain Field Seeds has launched a new UK Demonstration Farm network designed to give growers a more practical and meaningful way to assess crop varieties - by seeing them perform… TOOLSMakita cranks up the power of its cordless combi drillThere’s a new flagship combi drill in the Makita portfolio, capable of putting out a mammoth 180Nm. The HP003GZ01 is designed to run one of the firm’s 40V Max XGT…
