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Farmers Weekly McCormick has treated its six-cylinder X7.6 and X8 tractor ranges to a new cabin with 14% more internal

Farmers Weekly About 18% of the Christmas turkeys sold to UK consumers are produced on a small scale by farmers

Farmers Weekly While permitted development rights (PDRs) in England have benefited many farming businesses, there are important elements to check

Farmers Weekly What a year 2023 has turned out to be. Wet spring, wet summer, and an extremely wet autumn.

Farmers Weekly Some careful manoeuvring was required to get the latest T-ForcePlus drill on Novag’s show stand. With wings that

Farmers Weekly Higher output is the order of the day for SIP’s Disc HD butterfly mower conditioners, which have a

Farmers Weekly New Holland’s CR11 might have hogged the Agritechnica headlines but neither it nor the John Deere X9 can

Farmers Weekly Welsh rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths is facing a backlash from farmers after announcing additional testing requirements to

Farmers Weekly Tighter supplies of prime cattle and some early festive demand reported among industry from butchers and abattoirs have

Farmers Weekly Wet autumn conditions limiting demand and plenty of supply have capped red diesel prices in recent months, according

Farmers Weekly The Scottish government’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is seeking views on the proposed levy increase by Quality

Farmers Weekly New government farm support schemes weighted towards the environment and the countryside risk UK food security, a major

Farmers Weekly The scrapping of a proposed licensing scheme to regulate the spreading of livestock slurry in Wales has been

Farmers Weekly Converting a set of Georgian barns into holiday lets 20 years ago involved market research by post for

Farmers Weekly A Herefordshire farmer who was jailed for causing damage to a protected river has defended his actions, insisting

Farmers Weekly This week, will government targets to protect 30% of UK land leave enough left to maintain UK food

Farmers Weekly The UK’s largest potato supplier is investigating a farm-scale net-zero project which aims to increase efficiency and long-term

Farmers Weekly This month, I’ve handed over to my wife, Debbie, to share details of a mission to Ukraine she

Farmers Weekly Farmers have faced yet another difficult autumn drilling season as continuous rainstorms play havoc with those attempting to

Farmers Weekly Vaderstad is bringing its Seed Hawk no-till tine drill back to Europe, with a frame that folds to

Farmers Weekly Buoyed by the success of its compact E-worker, Merlo has introduced a full-size electric agricultural telehandler that has

Farmers Weekly Straw contractors have access to some handy extra reach and lift capacity with the launch of JCB’s 542-100

Farmers Weekly Farmers and growers took to the streets of London at the weekend in a major celebration of the

Farmers Weekly We’re not a lot further on with drilling than a month ago, but we have at least got

Farmers Weekly Stoll reckons it has overcome the one shortcoming of tractor-mounted loaders – a lack of reach. Its novel

Farmers Weekly Work to bring Italian-built Mazzotti sprayers into the John Deere fold has reached its conclusion, with the green

Farmers Weekly The clocks may have changed, but my body clock takes some time to catch up. For a few

Farmers Weekly Former health secretary Steve Barclay has been confirmed as the new Defra secretary, following Therese Coffey’s resignation. Mr

Farmers Weekly Evesham-based outfit Weaving returned to the halls of Hanover for the first time in a decade with a

Farmers Weekly Efforts to create a greener future for farm machinery have spawned myriad tractors with alternative powertrains, one of

Farmers Weekly A tractor driver who killed a woman cyclist and seriously injured her teenage son was using his mobile

Farmers Weekly Hotter summers and record temperatures are expected to become more commonplace for future harvests, therefore increasing the risk

Farmers Weekly MP for North East Cambridgeshire Steve Barclay has been announced as the new Defra secretary.  The announcement comes

Farmers Weekly British maize growers can breathe a sigh of relief that three European seed treatments have been given the

Farmers Weekly Livestock farmers across the UK are being urged to stay vigilant after bluetongue virus (BTV) was detected in

Farmers Weekly Snails may not be a regular choice in British and Irish diets, but in mainland Europe they remain

Farmers Weekly If I were Keir Starmer, dreaming up new radical agricultural policies to put into my manifesto, I would

Farmers Weekly Stewards of climate action To achieve truly sustainable agriculture, the farming community as primary owners and stewards of

Farmers Weekly Researchers are discovering more about early life programming and how critical this is for adulthood, according to Trouw

Farmers Weekly Our photo of the week is this timely picture displaying a Remembrance poppy on a vintage Fordson tractor.

Farmers Weekly Consolidation is the theme for this year’s Ultimate Guide to trailed combination cultivator drills – not in the

Farmers Weekly The rams went in with the ewes at the end of October, and as I write this I

Farmers Weekly British Sugar says it has no plans to withdraw its offer to beet growers of £38/t for the

Farmers Weekly It is often said that young people, and society at large, feel disconnected from where their food comes

Farmers Weekly Two drill ranges from New Zealand – Aitchison and Duncan – and Kverneland make their debut in this

Farmers Weekly The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has changed the format of its Descriptive List launch for peas

Farmers Weekly Healthy calves can achieve growth rates of 1,080g/day, but just one day of diarrhoea reduces this by 80g.

Farmers Weekly Welcome to another edition of This Week in Farming, where we bring you the best Farmers Weekly content

Farmers Weekly We welcomed pupils from three urban schools so they could get close to nature and farming during our

Farmers Weekly The recent launch in Aberdeenshire of just over 401 acres in five lots adds to the choice for

Farmers Weekly I wasn’t surprised Red Tractor’s recent plan for a Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) went down like a lead

Farmers Weekly Tractor-mad nine-year-old Buddy Antcliff has been bitten by the vintage tractor bug, having just completed a full restoration

Farmers Weekly Of course it’s good news that inflation is reducing. The Bank Of England’s consistent monthly hikes to the

Farmers Weekly An outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed in a flock of indoor turkeys in south Lincolnshire, marking

Farmers Weekly An environmental campaign group is taking legal action against the government, accusing it of axing its pledge to

Farmers Weekly Grain trader and supplier Cefetra has launched a new initiative designed to financially reward farm businesses for sustainable

Farmers Weekly The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the acquisition by ABP of Scotbeef’s Bridge of Allan abattoir

Farmers Weekly Three new drill listings and additional models for existing ranges feature in the 2023 edition of Farmers Weekly’s