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FARM POLICY

EU alignment risks £810m hit to UK farm incomes

Aligning Great Britain’s crop protection rules with the EU’s is set to slash farming profit by up to £810m and trigger steep falls in UK crop production, according to new…

NEWS

Somerset Levels farmland floods again after Chandra

Farmland and communities across the Somerset Levels are under threat of serious flooding again after Storm Chandra brought heavy rainfall to already saturated ground, prompting Somerset Council to declare a…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Margins tighten for beef finishers as abattoirs cut prices

A number of major meat processors have cut base prices for beef cattle in the past week, as more animals come forward. Finished beef prices have been well supported throughout…

ARABLE

Sugar beet campaign set for earliest finish since 2016

The 2025-26 sugar beet lifting campaign is drawing to a close, with frost insurance triggered, yields sharply divided and growers facing mounting trade pressure from imported sugar. The campaign, which…

NEWS

Defra consults on tougher sewage sludge rules

Defra has launched a consultation on whether decades-old rules governing the use of sewage sludge on farmland should be tightened, replaced or scrapped altogether. The consultation, published on 27 January,…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Glyphosate – pros and cons of another GB licence renewal

After more than 40 years of continuous use in agriculture, the future of glyphosate is again in the spotlight following a succession of expirations, extensions and renewals since 2002. Last…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Advice on gaining a clear picture of soil nitrogen levels

With some uncertainty about how much residual nitrogen is in soils, growers are being urged to consider getting fields tested ahead of early fertiliser applications.  Hutchinsons fertiliser and crop nutrition specialist Rob Jewers says there are two…

BREEDING AND FERTILITY

How cattle in-vitro fertilisation breeds more elite females

The use of in-vitro fertilisation in cattle breeding is growing globally, driven by advances in genomics and an increasing desire among farmers to breed more intensively from their best animals.…

COMMUNITY

Video: FW joins a traditional Somerset wassail

More than 300 farmers, farmworkers, colleagues and friends gathered to watch the wassail ceremony unfold in a cold, crisp West Country orchard earlier this month. An annual event to bless…

FARMER FOCUS

Farmer Focus: Tariff chaos bound to affect commodity prices

The world has seen another senior moment from Trump, first threatening tariffs on a few EU countries and Britain over Greenland before changing his mind and dropping the idea. We’ve…

DIVERSIFICATION

Legal blocks to look for when planning farm diversifications

Those planning a new farm-based venture should check for any legal restrictions first, say advisers. These can include restrictive covenants and historic overage or clawback clauses in sales contracts going…

FERTILISER SPREADERS

Amazone EasyMatch offers fert spreading settings by photo

Pulling up fertiliser spreading settings just by taking a photo of the material to be applied is the latest time- and hassle-saving development from Amazone. EasyMatch was made available as…