All from last 24 hours NEWSThis Week in Farming: Red diesel, SFI fears and BrexitWelcome to another edition of This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your market prices (opens… NEWSFW Podcast Ep 309: Verdict on SFI budgetDefra has finally unveiled the budget for its flagship Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme – but is £240m enough to meet demand from farmers? Former Natural England agriculture head Geoff Sansome… OTHER CROPSFruit growers see improved yield forecasts using AI techArtificial intelligence is helping commercial fruit growers reduce labour costs and food waste by more accurately predicting when fruit is ready to be harvested. Cameras mounted to farm machinery are… POWER HARROWSKuhn goes large with 350hp-rated 6m RCS folding power harrowGrowers who like to sow as they till and are fans of the power harrow have a new 6m option in Kuhn’s HR RCS line-up. This centre-split folding series has… STAFF MANAGEMENTTips to ease the farm staff recruitment challengeThe number of regular employees, salaried managers and casual workers in UK agriculture has fallen by almost 21% since 2020 and last year stood at 157,319, according to Defra’s June… COLLEGESFarm open days teach schoolchildren about practical farmingSchoolchildren from Merseyside and Suffolk have been learning more about practical farming and what is actually involved in producing the food on their plates. The north-west event was held on… BREEDING AND FERTILITYHow organic autumn-block herd hit 77% six-week in-calf rateImproving fertility in an organic autumn block-calving herd has cut the calving spread from 16 weeks to 9.5 – without resorting to hormones, buying in replacements or culling cows. Milk… OPINIONOpinion: Beauty spot visitors leave common sense at homeHaving spent a fair chunk of my life living and working in the Peak District National Park, I can absolutely sympathise with the Cumbrian farmer who, having reached the end… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: $3/kg radish contract was a defining momentLast month I talked of waiting to see spring contracts for some of our specialist crops. Our hopes have been crushed and our future is unclear. The arable industry here…
