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OPINION

Editor's View: Tricky times ahead for Recommended List

Are the AHDB Recommended List trials for cereals and oilseeds – now in their 81st year of operation – still fit for purpose? The annual updated list of recommended crop…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: 200-day calf weights up 6kg despite dry summer

We have just experienced our first dump of snow this winter. It causes more hassle for us than it does for the cattle outside. About a foot of snow fell…

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Crumpets made from 100% British regen wheat launched

Crumpets made from 100% British regeneratively farmed wheat are the latest product launch from regen food and farming business Wildfarmed. The launch marks the brand’s first expansion from bread into…

LAND MARKETS

Farmland in your area 2025: East Midlands

A slowdown in new instructions and completed sales in the East Midlands was evident in the spring and summer. The combination of downward pressures of extreme weather, economic challenges, crop…

MACHINERY

Biggest farm machinery launches of 2025 to debut at Lamma

Many of the machines unveiled this year will make their UK debut at Lamma in January. Here’s a round-up of the biggest, best and quirkiest new arrivals of 2025. See…

NEWS

Silicon Valley cash shapes UK animal welfare agenda

Tens of millions of pounds are flowing to UK organisations from the San Francisco-based Coefficient Giving foundation (formerly Open Philanthropy), giving them influence in Westminster and raising questions about transparency,…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Footloose and daughter-free at the Winter Fair

To misquote the English playwright William Congreve, hell hath no fury like our numerous daughters when they’re forced to go to school instead of the Royal Welsh Winter Fair. And…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

UK arable farms lose £828m because of extreme weather

UK arable farmers are facing an estimated £828m drop in revenues after one of the worst harvests on record. This was driven by prolonged weather volatility across spring and summer…

ELM

Landscape Recovery projects rattled by Defra’s exit clause

Farmers 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…

NEWS

Lib Dems unveil scheme to recruit next-gen farmers

The Liberal Democrats are calling for a radical overhaul of how the UK attracts, trains, and supports new farmers. They warn that the country is on track for a “lost…