All from last 24 hours CRIMEOne arrest made as illegal bushmeat seizedAn operation by the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) has led to the seizure of illegal frozen bushmeat and the arrest of one man in south… FARMLIFE FRAMEDPhoto of the Week: Sheep shelter from the winter snowThis week’s photo of the week is from Hannah Harmer, who took this photo on a snowy morning in the Shropshire hills. It features Darcy the Texel cross Suffolk sheep… SUCCESSION PLANNINGFarm succession: how to plan for future control and ownershipThere are many ways of achieving the successful transfer of a business. A planned change over time is the ideal, but the last two Budgets have ramped everything up several… COMBINESGeringhoff Yield EyeQ spots combine header grain lossesCombine header losses might occasionally equal or even exceed those of the threshing system according to Geringhoff, the German maker of a new retrofit monitoring system. Yield EyeQ uses a… FARMER FOCUSFarmer focus: Pig educational unit will help industry careersAt this festive time, we look back on the year that’s been, writing with triumph on the many achievements while also reflecting on the inevitable, but occasional, low points. I’m… OPINIONOpinion: Fly-tipping tale has a Netflix-style twistIn my previous column, I talked about our new tenancy and feeling like “a proper farmer”. My hubris didn’t pass unnoticed by the farming gods and, a week after that…
