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Farmers Weekly Many farmers will be breathing a sigh of relief as the maize harvest draws to a close, after weeks of grappling with the wet weather. That’s the situation for HC Beales in Norfolk, a family-run farming business and contracting company, mostly harvesting maize for AD plants and cattle customers. The last field of the ...

Farmers Weekly A consortium of German farmers and mechanical engineers has developed a novel low-disturbance mechanical weed killer as part of its 2019-launched 4Disc business. The ActiCut has three banks of sharp-edged and ultra-flat 350mm horizontal discs designed to work between 10mm and 120mm deep. See also: Contractor invests in Zurn Top Cut Collect blackgrass harvester Rather ...

Farmers Weekly The fencing contractors have been here for the past few weeks. Surprisingly, the tractor and post-knocker can cross the fields without leaving too much of a mark. We’re concentrating on a few boundary fences. For sheep purposes, they would have been fine for a few more years, but for our cows, often kept to ...

Farmers Weekly Rocking a name like Directo, it’s clear that the latest drill from Czech outfit Bednar is intended to work straight into uncultivated ground. The tools enabling it to do this are a set of angled disc coulters with gauge wheels on the sides and a notched closing wheel at the rear, making it similar ...

Farmers Weekly The Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) sent ripples along Dutch canals and throughout Europe when they won several seats at the March regional elections. As a party championing farming and liberal rights against draconian government net-zero policies, they earned kudos domestically and globally. It’s great to see, but the Dutch BBB are actually 138 ...

Farmers Weekly Young farmers with an interest in regenerative agriculture are being invited to apply for a new leadership development programme in Northern Ireland. NextGen-ReRen 2024 aims to help young farmers to develop their understanding of regenerative farming, challenge the status quo and increase their business confidence. This new programme is being facilitated by the Food ...

Farmers Weekly Kuhn has hopped aboard the driverless bandwagon with its own take on a cab-free tractor. The curiously named Karl is similar in size and shape to that of AgXeed, in which rival implement maker Amazone is invested. See also: Driverless tractors: Which manufacturer is leading the race? It is powered by a 175hp diesel-electric powertrain ...

Farmers Weekly A mixed, tenanted farm in the Scottish Borders is using agritourism to help create a more resilient business and promote local food to the local community. The first idea for diversification came about in 2016 for Robert Wilson, who farms with his wife, Lucy, and parents, Ron and Joan, at Cowbog Farm, Morebattle. They ...

Farmers Weekly Winter is here in Norfolk. The clocks have changed, the heating has been turned on, store lambs have started to arrive from the North, and our hedgecutter is out. Like many of my peers, my attention was drawn to price negotiations between British Sugar and our representative, NFU Sugar. At the time of writing ...

Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly as chosen by the editor. Before we get started, here’s a question: Which farming events still demand the wearing of formal attire? Every time I’ve worn a suit to a conference this year, everyone else has been more ...

Farmers Weekly As the festive season gets under way, Shropshire farmer Matthew Orme has teamed up with West Mercia Police to launch a new campaign to tackle drink-driving. Called “The Only One for the Road”, the campaign encourages drivers not to risk even one alcoholic drink if they are driving. In the past three years, three-year ...

Farmers Weekly A new awards scheme designed to recognise and reward women in agriculture has been launched by Mark Allen Group, the owners of Farmers Weekly. The first ever National Women In Agriculture Awards is open for nominations in 12 categories, covering a broad range of areas where women are making their mark. From 1 November, ...