Farmers Weekly

A&B Contractors’ tractor replacement policy under scrutiny

Farmers Weekly There’s a shortage of cash in the entire farming system, according to Richard Barrow, who co-owns and manages

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Hort news

Chancellor must recognise importance of environmental horticulture in Autumn budget

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has submitted a comprehensive set of proposals to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of

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Hort news

Pioneering hydrogen glen project seeks delivery partner 

The James Hutton Institute is inviting expressions of interest for a partner to lead its pioneering HydroGlen project in northeast

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DEFRA

Notice: Miske PDO proposed by Ecuador for protection in Great Britain: opportunity to object

Read the specification for Miske protected designation of origin (PDO) and find out how to object to the proposal.

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DEFRA

Guidance: Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2024

Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (TOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU

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Farmers Weekly

Benefits of training heifers to use the parlour

Farmers Weekly A snap poll by Farmers Weekly revealed that 52% of dairy farmers who responded, train their heifers through

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Natural bioherbicides show promise in tackling weeds

Farmers Weekly Could mint extracts be the secret ingredient to tackling resistant weeds, such as blackgrass and Italian ryegrass? Could

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Biodiversity net gain – legal issues for farmers

Farmers Weekly Biodiversity net gain (BNG) sites are already in demand. Here, Julie Robinson, agriculture partner at Roythornes Solicitors, talks

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Farmer Focus: Storm Babet wrecks final grazing rotation

Farmers Weekly A problem shared is a problem halved, and we could rightly do without half of the weather that

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TikTok farmer Will Young on mission to promote farming

Farmers Weekly Love Island and TikTok star Will Young, known as “Farmer Will”, is on a mission to make farming

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Editor’s View: Defra’s disciples have spread far and wide

Farmers Weekly To have the right to criticise an institution, and be listened to, you also have to give praise

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£50 voucher up for grabs with Farmers Weekly’s Sentiment Survey

Farmers Weekly With Christmas approaching at an alarming rate, Farmers Weekly is once again “taking the pulse” of the farming

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Farming and tree planting – it’s a ‘win-win’ says Devon farmer

Farmers Weekly Planting trees alongside food production provides additional income, improves soil and livestock health and stores carbon. You don’t

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Trainee pilot stops farm fire spreading using What3Words

Farmers Weekly A trainee pilot from Bedfordshire has been praised for stopping the spread of a field fire, after spotting

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Options for harvesting maize in wet conditions

Farmers Weekly A switch to grain maize could be the answer for farmers with maize crops still standing because harvest

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NFU elections 2024: Who are the early contenders?

Farmers Weekly Potential candidates are starting to emerge for the three top officeholder positions which will be hotly contested at

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Therese Coffey to press China on lifting pork restrictions

Farmers Weekly Defra secretary Therese Coffey will travel to China next week for talks with officials in a bid to

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Farm Business

Tractor of the Year 2024 – Open Field: Valtra S416

Bringing production of the S Series back to Valtra’s Suolahti factory in Finland, the sixth generation of the range is

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Farm Business

Tractor of the Year 2024 – Open Field: Fendt 620 Vario DP

Developed with the aim of offering a powerful, yet compact tractor, the new 600 Vario series from Fendt is topped

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Hort news

Four Masters of Wine inducted at the IMW annual awards ceremony

The Institute of Masters of Wine has officially welcomed four new Masters of Wine to its membership at an awards

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Hort news

Government ensures access to crucial pesticides

The government has moved to ensure British farmers and growers continue to have access to important crop protection products after

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Hort news

Red Tractor puts new standards and additional modules on hold until NFU completes independent review

Red Tractor’s Main (AFS) Board met last week and confirmed its complete support for both reviews announced by the NFU

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Farmers Weekly

Sheep flock health: Government schemes and farmer priorities

Farmers Weekly Disease does not respect borders, so it is incumbent on the whole industry to take a strict stance

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Farmers Weekly

Have UK’s Agri-Tech Centres achieved and what’s next?

Farmers Weekly Change is in the air in the agri-research space, with plans afoot to merge three of the four

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Farmer Focus: Keeping on top of drainage pays dividends

Farmers Weekly We have struggled to terminate fertility leys with shallow cultivations before establishing our first wheats this year, due

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Reasons to address farming succession grow stronger

Farmers Weekly The combination of rapidly falling Basic Payment Scheme income, tax certainty for the time being and the changing

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Environment Agency blamed for farm flooding devastation

Farmers Weekly The Environment Agency stands accused of hypocrisy and negligence over its failure to maintain watercourses to prevent farms

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Sheepdog School: Teaching a collie whistle commands

Farmers Weekly Sheepdogs are often one of the farm’s greatest assets, and the value of a well-trained collie cannot be

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Lamb trade back above 570p/kg, buoyed by tighter supply

Farmers Weekly Deadweight lamb prices have rallied in recent weeks, with smaller numbers coming forward than this time last year.

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British Sugar makes pre-emptive offer of £38/t for next season

Farmers Weekly British Sugar has written to its 2,300 sugar beet growers to offer them a price of £38/t for

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Milk prices static despite uplift in wholesale demand

Farmers Weekly Gains from improved wholesale dairy commodity markets are yet to pass through to farmgate milk prices, with many

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Industry split over future approach to Red Tractor

Farmers Weekly Industry bodies remain split over the future for Red Tractor, with a call from AHDB to consolidate all

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How farmers are taking the jeopardy out of egg production

Farmers Weekly Philip Wright and his family have been farming their 600 acre farm in Norfolk for four generations. Predominantly

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Red Tractor calls temporary halt to Greener Farms Commitment

Farmers Weekly Farm assurance body Red Tractor has put its controversial plans for a new Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) on

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Lowest ever sales of farm antibiotics recorded in UK

Farmers Weekly Sales of antibiotics for use in livestock on UK farms have more than halved in the past decade,

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Farm Business

Tractor of the Year 2024 – Open Field: Claas Xerion 12.650 Terra Trac

Celebrating 25 years of the Xerion, Claas has introduced its most powerful model yet featuring a new design and a

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Farm Business

Red Tractor new standards on hold until NFU review is completed

Red Tractor has announced that plans to implement its Greener Farms Commitment will be halted until the NFU’s independent review

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Farm Business

Tractor of the Year 2024 – Best of Utility: Solis S90 Shuttle XL

Under the bonnet there is a new S-Tech four-cylinder engine, meeting Stage V regulations with DOC, DPF and SCR. The

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Farm Business

Brand new awards scheme launched for women in agriculture

A new awards scheme designed to recognise and reward women in agriculture has been launched. The first ever National Women

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