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WILDLIFE

Funding boost for greylag goose control in Scotland

The Scottish government has confirmed an additional £20,000 for greylag goose management in the Hebridean islands of Uist and Barra. This increases annual funding to £30,000, to address crop damage…

BREEDING AND FERTILITY

Advice on long-term dairy crossbreeding strategies

Early adopters of crossbreeding as a tool to produce the right kind of cow for their block-calving, grazing-based systems, found that longer term breeding strategies could become haphazard. Selecting the…

PAYMENTS, SCHEMES AND GRANTS

Analysis: What SFI26 offer means for farm businesses

After months of limbo, Defra has finally outlined the framework and actions for the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI26) – indicating that this is the foundation of the offer for…

COMMUNITY

Penwith farm gate: The story of a Cornish icon

Cornwall-based retired blacksmith Peter Parkinson has traced the origins of a distinctive iron farm gate, linking its design to the 1880s and the region’s granite-posted fields. Ten years ago, Peter…

CROP MANAGEMENT

High crop yields key to gross margins and lower emissions

High yields are often associated with inflated input costs that erode profit and intensive systems which damage the environment, but emerging evidence tells a very different story. Insights from the…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Arable-to-dairy conversions at 60 – and rising

It is fair to say that a farmer is never happy with the weather. It's either too hot, too cold, too windy, too wet, too dry, and then there is…

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Goodyear's monster 1.4m-wide farm tyre to go on sale in UK

Goodyear has gained European accreditation for its widest-ever agricultural tyre. The monster LSW 1400/30 R46 is designed for suitably sized combines and articulated prairie prowlers such as Case IH’s Steiger…

DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICES

Farmgate milk prices stabilise as dairy markets improve

Renewed optimism in dairy markets has prompted several major milk processors to hold farmgate milk prices at current levels, following successive months of reductions. Wholesale dairy values lifted for the…

GRANTS

Farmers advised to act fast on FETF 2026 scheme

Farmers in England are being urged to act quickly as the latest round of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF 2026) opens on 17 March, with £50m available to…

NEWS

Defra cuts 15% of staff as MPs warn of expertise drain

Defra has reduced its workforce by about 15% in the past year and is on track to cut about 21% of staff by 2029, as MPs warned that farmers are…