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Farmers Weekly UK food security is being placed in jeopardy by the government’s lack of interest in the fruit and vegetable sectors, with producers struggling to make a return and the industry failing to attract new talent. Those are among the conclusions of a new House of Lords report into UK horticulture, which says the industry ...

Farmers Weekly Training heifers to the parlour, keeping them with their peers, or managing them as a separate milking group can help reduce stress levels when replacements join the milking herd. But there is no single “gold standard” that eases a heifer into herd life. See also: How a dairy farmer improved herd performance through genetics ...

Farmers Weekly South Korean maker Kioti has tweaked its trio of three-seat K9 UTVs, with the 2410s gaining an upgraded 50kph stepless transmission, and more features as standard. These include speed proportional electric power steering and an engine brake, which should improve handling and, in the case of the latter, safety when heading downhill. See also: UTV ...

Farmers Weekly Agriculture is a devolved matter here in Scotland, so we are at the mercy of Holyrood and the dreaded Bute House Agreement between the SNP and the Green Party – something that fills me and many others with a sense of fear and trepidation. At long last, however, there is some progress with a ...

Farmers Weekly Vaccine supply disruption has frustrated beef and sheep farmers over the past two years, but things could be turning a corner. Industry leaders have urged pharmaceutical companies and government to thrash out ideas to minimise future vaccine supply chaos on farms. Key stakeholders and members of parliament will meet with the National Sheep Association ...

Farmers Weekly More than 50% of adults would reportedly build their own home, given the opportunity, but the two biggest barriers are finding land and navigating the planning system. Working in their favour is the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, aimed at diversifying the housing market and increasing the amount of land available to self-builders. ...

Farmers Weekly I hope everyone is well. It feels like October has passed us by in no time at all. The recent wet weather has kept machines in the shed, after a good stint got us about 75% of the way through winter cereal drilling. I’ll be glad to get the rest in, so we know ...

Farmers Weekly Rainy days on the farm have never been easier, says this week’s Photo of the Week contributor Bridget Slade of Fir Tree Farm in Norfolk, thanks to none other than the pages of Farmers Weekly. Pictured is George, who has been cutting up the pages of Farmers Weekly to make collages – this is his ...

Farmers Weekly The chance of bluetongue disease entering the UK is described as “medium” following the latest Defra assessment, with Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands all reporting cases of the BTV-3 strain of the virus during the past month. This is the first time bluetongue has been prevalent in the Netherlands since 2009 and cases continue ...

Farmers Weekly Back in the days when stubble burning was as much a part of blackgrass control as IPU, many of my father’s generation in this area would drill much of their wheat in September before turning their attention to harvesting potatoes and other root crops later in the autumn. Now forced by this pernicious annual ...

Farmers Weekly Avant Tecno, the Finnish maker of diddy green compact loaders, has added a brace of new models to its mid-range 600-series. The primary difference between the two newbies is their transmission, with the single-speed 635i limited to a pedestrian 12kph and the twin-range 640i offering a more practical 23kph. These new i-branded derivatives directly ...

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