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Tractor protest seizure fundraiser hits £16,000 in hours

An outpouring of public support has raised more than £16,000 in under 24 hours for two farmers whose tractors were seized during Wednesday’s Budget day protest in London – but…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Sugar beet growers face increased import competition

Sugar beet growers will face increased competition from imports with the existing tariff-free quota set to be expanded from the start of next year. The government confirmed its plans to…

NEWS

Video: Labour MPs voice concerns over family farm tax

Labour’s rural backbench MPs have openly challenged their own government, warning that its proposed “family farm tax” risks inflicting profound and immediate damage on farming communities already under strain. During…

NEWS

MP demands answers over London protest tractor ban

Shadow Defra secretary Victoria Atkins has demanded urgent answers from the Met Police over the last-minute ban on tractors entering Whitehall during Wednesday’s (26 November) farmer protest. Ms Atkins, Conservative…

WEED MANAGEMENT

How to tackle the increasing problem of Italian ryegrass

Good crop rotations and cultivations are two critical factors in controlling troublesome Italian ryegrass in arable crops, in tandem with a good residual herbicide regime. These two cultural control methods,…

LAND MARKETS

Farmland in your area 2025: Yorkshire and Humberside

Greater numbers of equipped farms and land sales in Yorkshire and Humber are now taking place off-market. Interest from neighbouring landowners with expansion plans, inter-family changes, and tenants buying their…

TRACTORS

More power for facelifted Fendt 1000 Vario tractors

Fendt has lifted the lid on the fourth generation of its flagship 1000 Vario tractors, which are more powerful, cheaper to run and nicer to drive. Four models make up…

LIVESTOCK

How a beef and sheep farmer learned to set realistic goals

Going on a business course not only helped Matt Jordan to work out what he wanted to do with his family farm – it clarified what he did not aspire…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Cow body condition picking up on autumn grass

Since my last article, we have had the Stirling bull sales, and the Highland Wagyu/Netherton production sale, where I purchased a cow. She is from an imported New Zealand family…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Hedge proud, and not ashamed to say it

Even though in some circles it makes you about as popular as the bloke who shot Bambi’s mother, I really like hedgecutting. And if you didn’t realise that hedgecutting could…