All from last 24 hours AGRICULTURAL TRANSITIONTransition webinar: How to control the controllablesFarmers and growers need to focus on controllable challenges to improve their businesses’ resilience, according to a recent Transition webinar. For farms, challenges come from all directions and in greater… TELEHANDLERSLamma 2025: More power for Weidemann’s compact T6025 handlerCompetition is ramping up in the compact telehandler market, with Weidemann the latest to unveil a machine that will slot through a 2m-square alley. The new 6m/2.5t T6025 supersedes the… BUSINESS MANAGEMENTHow to bolster financial resilience on farmRecent Budget changes, including to agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR), have only added to the inherent financial stress on farms brought by reducing Basic Payment Scheme… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Long housing period is looking attractiveI have learned a lot, again, in the past year. First, a twin to a Schmallenberg lamb is a runt, will hang around forever and come to nothing – even… TELEHANDLERSLamma 2025: Quicke unveils stripped back N-series loaderStock farmers fancying the lift capacity of Quicke's premium Q-series loaders but without the expensive frills can now buy exactly that. The new N-series is a stripped-back, utility-spec model that… LAYERSOver a million layers to be culled as bird flu strikesAvian influenza has struck one of the largest and most modern egg laying sites in the country, with more than a million birds now expected to be culled in an… NEWSSupermarkets split on support for campaign against farm IHTBritish farmers are ramping up their campaign to convince the Labour government to rethink its proposed farm inheritance tax, dubbed the “family farm tax” by the NFU. However, supermarket giants… BUSINESSCranswick expands with acquisition of JSR GeneticsMajor meat processor Cranswick has confirmed the acquisition of one of the UK’s leading pig genetic businesses, JSR Genetics. Cranswick has purchased both the genetics enterprise and commercial pig farming… NEWSNatural England wins right to protect historic sitesThe Court of Appeal has granted Natural England (NE) a permanent injunction against a tenant farmer to prevent him from ploughing and cultivating land without obtaining the necessary consent. Andrew…
