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Farmers Weekly About 18% of the Christmas turkeys sold to UK consumers are produced on a small scale by farmers independent of the big players. It can generate a good income, often making use of existing resources by growing birds in housing used for different purposes at other times of year. In addition, the labour requirement ...

Farmers Weekly While permitted development rights (PDRs) in England have benefited many farming businesses, there are important elements to check before going ahead. Among the most common mistakes or misunderstandings is that these apply across the board. They are not generally available in special designations such as conservation areas, national parks and areas of outstanding natural ...

Farmers Weekly What a year 2023 has turned out to be. Wet spring, wet summer, and an extremely wet autumn. In my lifetime, I’ve never seen flooding as deep and as quick as last week. Our town centre of Downpatrick was completely submerged in 1.5m of water. But in my lifetime, I’ve also never known the ...

Farmers Weekly Some careful manoeuvring was required to get the latest T-ForcePlus drill on Novag’s show stand. With wings that fold out to 9m, a tracked undercarriage, a monster 7,700-litre hopper and a staggering unladen weight of 18t, the 950 has been designed to satisfy demand from growing markets in Eastern Europe, North America and Australia. ...

Farmers Weekly Higher output is the order of the day for SIP’s Disc HD butterfly mower conditioners, which have a maximum working width of up to 11.08m. Together with a new aerodynamic cutterbar and heavy-duty metal tine conditioner, this gives the largest 1100 D FS model a work rate of up to 20ha/hour. See also: Driver’s view: ...

Farmers Weekly New Holland’s CR11 might have hogged the Agritechnica headlines but neither it nor the John Deere X9 can hold a candle to the Nexat combine in terms of harvesting output. The gantry-style 1,100hp tractor unit is pictured paired with a 15.5m-wide, 31-row Geringhoff Patriot maize header – a combination that can apparently cut up ...

Farmers Weekly Welsh rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths is facing a backlash from farmers after announcing additional testing requirements to tackle bovine TB. In a statement to the Senedd on Tuesday (14 November), she also reiterated the Welsh government’s commitment to a ban on badger culling in Wales and hinted that compensation paid to farmers could ...

Farmers Weekly Tighter supplies of prime cattle and some early festive demand reported among industry from butchers and abattoirs have been supporting both liveweight and deadweight prices. Finished cattle prices in the live ring have ticked up again during the past week, with total prime cattle up by 2p/kg on the week to average 261.5p/kg. GB ...

Farmers Weekly The Scottish government’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is seeking views on the proposed levy increase by Quality Meat Scotland. Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has not requested an increase in its levy since 2010 and it is calling for a new annual calculation based off the consumer price index (CPI). QMS chairman Kate Rowell ...

Farmers Weekly Wet autumn conditions limiting demand and plenty of supply have capped red diesel prices in recent months, according to traders. Oil markets have dropped back from September highs with Brent crude at US$82/barrel (£66) on 15 November. Red diesel prices were about 78p/litre on 14 November, according to agricultural analytics firm Yagro, with prices ...