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Farmers Weekly Adapting water treatment technology to a farm setting could reduce slurry storage requirements by 10-15%, make better use

Farmers Weekly Reiter has slimmed down its merger design for the latest Respiro R8 Compact, with a new chassis and

Farmers Weekly We had our triennial general election last month, and voters delivered a clear rejection of left-wing policies. With

Farmers Weekly Fliegl has revived the Cargos forage wagon range deemed surplus to requirements by Claas. There was little time

Farmers Weekly It was biblically bucketing down for the first few hours of our annual charity tractor and trailer rides

Farmers Weekly Continental might be best known for its tyres, but the firm has recently branched out by adding some

Farmers Weekly An NFU open letter urging all three political parties to outline their plans to protect farming businesses from

Farmers Weekly Young drivers are being targeted with a course which aims to highlight the risks of driving dangerously on

Farmers Weekly Egg industry leaders have expressed their “significant and serious concerns” about sudden changes to the RSPCA’s welfare standards

Farmers Weekly The average farm business income in England increased to £96,100 across all farm types in 2022-23, according to

Farmers Weekly A group of cross-party MPs has expressed disappointment after the UK government rejected its calls to host an

Farmers Weekly Baling contractors using more than 10t of plastic a year need to register with HMRC and pay the

Farmers Weekly Prolific flock genetics and skilful management have overcome setbacks to get a lowland sheep flock hitting budgets, three

Farmers Weekly October has been a busy month for us as we opened our farm gates again for our annual

Farmers Weekly Horizon Agriculture has put its DSX no-till disc drill on a serious diet, creating a lightweight version that’s

Farmers Weekly Biologicals will make up 25% of the overall crop protection market by 2035, growing by more than three

Farmers Weekly Automatic turn compensation is already an established piece of technology on high-end crop sprayers, but it’s now coming

Farmers Weekly Two odd-looking antennas adorn the regular header of Case IH’s latest Axial Flow 7160 combine on show at

Farmers Weekly A popular topic of conversation between farmers is misconceptions about agriculture. It gets people, myself included, all riled

Farmers Weekly A five-year welfare strategy for the UK sheep industry has been launched by Ruminant Health & Welfare. The

Farmers Weekly Tafe might be best known for its reproductions of classic Massey Ferguson tractors, but the Indian brand has

Farmers Weekly Many farmers will be breathing a sigh of relief as the maize harvest draws to a close, after

Farmers Weekly A consortium of German farmers and mechanical engineers has developed a novel low-disturbance mechanical weed killer as part

Farmers Weekly The fencing contractors have been here for the past few weeks. Surprisingly, the tractor and post-knocker can cross

Farmers Weekly Rocking a name like Directo, it’s clear that the latest drill from Czech outfit Bednar is intended to

Farmers Weekly The Farmer-Citizen Movement, or BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) sent ripples along Dutch canals and throughout Europe when they won several

Farmers Weekly Young farmers with an interest in regenerative agriculture are being invited to apply for a new leadership development

Farmers Weekly Kuhn has hopped aboard the driverless bandwagon with its own take on a cab-free tractor. The curiously named

Farmers Weekly A mixed, tenanted farm in the Scottish Borders is using agritourism to help create a more resilient business

Farmers Weekly Winter is here in Norfolk. The clocks have changed, the heating has been turned on, store lambs have

Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, your regular round-up of the best content from Farmers Weekly as chosen

Farmers Weekly As the festive season gets under way, Shropshire farmer Matthew Orme has teamed up with West Mercia Police

Farmers Weekly A new awards scheme designed to recognise and reward women in agriculture has been launched by Mark Allen

Farmers Weekly Competition is hotting up in the relatively niche world of small battery-powered telehandlers, with Dieci the latest manufacturer

Farmers Weekly The requirement for developers to deliver a minimum 10% biodiversity uplift associated with their sites takes effect from

Farmers Weekly Locals of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, have been left baffled after a series of 2m signs were erected, welcoming

Farmers Weekly An 11-week industry-wide consultation will open on Monday 20 November to help determine whether a digital passport for

Farmers Weekly The independent Green Alliance think tank has called on the government to reform payment schemes to provide more

Farmers Weekly Part mulcher, part harrow is how German firm Saphir describes its novel Grindstar. It is designed to work

Farmers Weekly Livestock farms in Kent within the temporary control zone set up following confirmation of a case of the

Farmers Weekly The public is being urged to back British farmers this Christmas by ensuring they buy local turkeys direct

Farmers Weekly The market for farmland in north-east England in 2023 has seen a drop of almost 10% in farmer

Farmers Weekly This season’s autumn drilling campaign has proved to be a turbulent one, with intense rainstorms disrupting drilling and

Farmers Weekly The ever-expanding grass kit range offered by McHale now includes tedders for the first time. Both mounted and

Farmers Weekly Tens of thousands of plastic bottles, thousands of tree branches, hundreds of tonnes of silt, reams of sheep

Farmers Weekly If you usually struggle in the gift department, don’t fret. Farmers Weekly has compiled the ultimate Christmas gift guide,

Farmers Weekly The new teasing strategy seems to have done its job, with all but nine ewes in our indoor

Farmers Weekly This time last week, I hadn’t expected to be feeling sorry for Steve Barclay. The rugby-loving Brexiteer is,

Farmers Weekly A surge in demand for mechanical weeders sent all the major European cultivator makers scrambling to acquire ranges

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

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

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

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

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

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

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