Large Sidebar Right

News

• 87-year-old Kent woman still farming with off-road scooter July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Kent farmer Marion Pont, 87, isn’t letting age and a difficulty walking slow her down – she’s running her sheep farm with the help of two rugged mobility scooters. Marion has lived on her family farm for more than 70 years. First owned by her parents, the 70-acre holding in Bethersden, near Ashford, […]
  Oliver Hill
• Members and scope of new farming trade commission confirmed July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly The UK’s farming unions will all be part of the government’s new trade and agriculture commission, with the scope of its work now confirmed. The commission will advise government on how to seize new export opportunities, while ensuring the UK’s high animal welfare and environmental standards in food production are not undermined. The […]
  Ed Henderson
• How to manage take-all in winter wheat after spring cereals July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Growers considering planting winter wheat following spring barley next autumn are being warned of the increased risk from the soil-borne fungus take-all, which can cause yield losses of up 2t/ha in winter wheat. The pathogen, which damages root systems in winter wheat crops is worse when preceded by barley or wheat, as this […]
  Emma Gillbard
• Farmers Weekly Podcast Episode 15: Hydrogen tractors and fuel bills July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly In this week’s Podcast we find out how you can cut your fuel bills by a quarter… the answer is hydrogen. We talk to the growers who want a ballot to decide the future of their AHDB Levy. The OSR harvest gets underway across the country just as one of the key processing […]
  cmiller
• The land opportunities for farmers in a post-lockdown world July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly At a time when the public has grown a greater appreciation for the countryside, local food and new activities, farmers should be seeking chances to benefit. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been a time of great stress and loss for many, with agriculture fortunate enough to be one of the least […]
  Lauren Harris
• Farmers Weekly Awards: Dairy farmer finalists 2020 July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly All three finalists are maximising milk from forage to reduce feed costs and improve margins. The finalists Katrina Dunford Southwood Common Farm, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet Robert Mallett Dickson and Mallett, Northleaze Farm, Highworth, Swindon Max Tite Tite Partners, Newmans Farm, Bagber, Sturminster Newton, Dorset The judges Will Frost, last year’s winner Debbie James, […]
  Rhian Price
• Flindt on Friday: Horsey helping hand earns rosé reward July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Even though we abandoned long ago a strict eight-til-five/five-day working week, there is still something significant about a Monday morning. I mix up my porridge and push it around in a pan on the Aga’s slow plate, contemplating the week ahead, and giving thanks that I’m not one of the poor souls wedged […]
  Oliver Hill
• Scotland and Westminster on collision course over food standards July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Boris Johnson and the UK government are on a collision course with devolved governments over post-Brexit food standards. The prime minister is believed to want to push through laws on food, environmental and animal welfare standards that would give his government unilateral control over the UK’s “internal market”. In so doing, it would […]
  Philip Case
• Driver’s view: Peter Dennis’ Househam Merlin sprayer July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Peter Dennis has been a sprayer operator since the 1980s, driving a host of different machines from sprayers mounted on David Browns to self-propelled Chafers and his current Househam Merlin. He has been at R Sternberg Farms, now managed by Sentry, since 2002 and was a FSOOTY finalist way back in 2004. Operator […]
  Edd Mowbray
• Have your say on Enzootic Abortion of Ewes July 10, 2020
  Farmers Weekly Farmers are being asked to share their views on Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) to shed light on how they manage the disease. The disease, caused by Chlamydia abortus, is the most commonly diagnosed cause of abortion in UK sheep and costs the sector up to £20m each year.  Enzootic Abortion facts 42% […]
  Michael Priestley