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The Claas Dealer Awards saw two dealerships in the North of England and Scotland take home the main prizes, with Gordons being awarded the Dealer of the Year, while the The post Gordons wins Claas Dealer of the Year appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Avon Tuning HD’s authorised network of agents has now grown to more than 150 certified installers, as the company sees greater uptake for performance increases on tractors and farm machinery. The post Avon Tuning network hits 150 approved agents appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Use this guidance and form to apply for an exemption from CITES fees because of conservation work.

Farmers Weekly Another case testing farming family business arrangements was decided in court recently, highlighting the need for clarity and documentation. This saw a farmer in Ceredigion win possession of a holding called Glasfryn at Rhydlewis, near Llandysul, which he bought in 1988 and where his nephew has lived and farmed since that time. Luigi Vasami ...

Farmers Weekly HS2 was heralded by the Conservative government as an integral part of its Northern Powerhouse strategy, a high-speed rail project that would bridge the North-South divide and rebalance the economy. Announcing the project in 2014, then-chancellor George Osborne declared that he wanted to create a Northern Powerhouse that would connect “not one city, but ...

Farmers Weekly If you were going to pick the perfect commercial farm to host a significant programme of trials and research, Morley Farms in Norfolk would surely be close to the top of the list. There aren’t many other farms in the country with more experience of hosting trials and research programmes, giving it a significant ...

Farmers Weekly Natural England spent more than £18,000 of taxpayers’ money on travel and accommodation to designate an area of Cornwall a heavily protected conservation area, Farmers Weekly can exclusively reveal. Ten Natural England (NE) board members and 30 staff travelled to a hearing in St Ives to confirm West Penwith as a site of special ...

Farmers Weekly Feeding more milk to dairy calves to achieve faster growth rates is no longer just a management technique. Dairy farmers need to rethink their calf rearing, because feeding more than the traditional two litres twice a day, weaning later, and rearing calves in pairs or groups are all essential to meet the biological needs ...

Farmers Weekly On-farm surveillance specialist Luda.Farm has developed a new internet-based camera system that works without a hard-wired connection. The FarmCam Flex kit can be used for security purposes or for monitoring livestock at sites previously unreachable without stringing ethernet cable hundreds of meters. See also: What to look for when buying and fitting a tractor ...

Farmers Weekly In autumn 2019 we didn’t drill a viable acre of winter crop due to the wet weather. With that in mind I try not to get caught out, so we started drilling on 20 September and drilled virtually every day the weather would let us. See also: Study suggests silicon spray reduces cereal slug ...

Farmers Weekly A Cumbrian farmer has survived a heart attack having recently read our article in the Farmers Weekly monthly “Farm Doctor” series, covering the signs to look out for and the action to be taken.  Based just west of Carlisle in Thurstonfield, 76-year-old farmer Billy Swainson says reading this particular article saved his life. See ...

Farmers Weekly A Herefordshire farmer says he has lost £39,000 after he was caught out by a fraudulent machinery scam. An advert purporting to be Braydestone Farms, which carried multiple used machines for sale, was featured in the farming press in October. Farmer John Price spotted a Claas Lexion 570 combine being advertised for £76,500 and ...