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- Young farmer’s death prompts sepsis awareness campaign September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly A hard-hitting campaign has been launched to raise awareness of sepsis among rural workers after a talented young stockwoman died from the deadly condition. Last year, sepsis claimed the life of Hannah Brown, a Cumbrian farmer and highly respected stockwoman, who grew up in Newton-le-Willows, in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. Hannah moved to Dufton, […]Jonathan Riley
- Farmers Weekly Awards 2022: Pig Farmer of the Year finalists September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly High technical performance and a sound knowledge of figures were the common themes among this year’s finalists. They include two indoor producers, in Londonderry and Norfolk, and a “hybrid” outdoor breeding unit in Nottinghamshire. See also: Find out more about Awards night The finalists: Matthew Burgess Manton Forest Farm, Worksop, Nottinghamshire David Fulton […]Charlotte Cunningham
- Photo of the Week: Go Daddy! At Britain’s Fittest Farmer 2022 September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly We love this picture taken by our photographer at the Britain’s Fittest Farmer 2022 finals, which were held last weekend (17 September). With support like this, who wouldn’t put their heart and soul into the physical and mental health farming challenge? To find out who the winners were, watch the video and see […]Alison Konieczny
- Defra confirms landlords cannot apply for lump-sum exit cash September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly Tenants have been given an assurance that their landlords cannot apply to Defra’s Lump Sum Exit Scheme, after reports that some new tenancy agreements have included clauses prohibiting uptake of the scheme. The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) brought the issue to the attention of Defra after some tenants raised concerns. In a statement […]Suzie Horne
- McHale launches Fusion 4 combi baler-wrapper September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly McHale has unveiled a new generation of Fusion combi baler-wrappers armed with a higher-throughput pick-up. The Fusion 4 range includes the same iterations as before, with the standard model, the Pro and the Plus – the latter coming with film-on-film binding. Both of the fancier variants are Isobus compatible, so can be run […]oli mark
- Farmer Focus: Struggling to justify more than £600 for a ram September 24, 2022Farmers Weekly With the onset of autumn well and truly here, September is an exciting time of year for me. It’s the sheep sale season, and it’s also the start of the new college year, bringing a new batch of enthusiastic students with an infectious attitude to learn new things. This year’s crop of students […]Michael Priestley
- 9 ways a farm is lifting beef cow efficiency September 23, 2022Farmers Weekly Modelling work by the Stabiliser Cattle Company (SCC) shows that suckler beef farmers can reduce their carbon footprint by 40% with better management and the right genetics. For Harri Parri, that better management comes down to high herd health and balanced nutrition, allowing the full potential of his 200 performance-recorded Stabiliser cows to […]Rhian Price
- This Week in Farming: Tax cuts, fit farmers and new Valtra September 23, 2022Farmers Weekly Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your weekly update of the best news and views from the Farmers Weekly website. Every Saturday we round-up the five most eye-catching topics from the website that you might have missed and look ahead to what’s coming up in the FW Podcast. Return of politics With […]Andrew Meredith
- Harvest 2022 photo competition: Some of the best entries September 23, 2022Farmers Weekly Thanks to everyone who entered the 2022 Harvest Photography Competition. Your pictures captured a real sense of this summer’s harvest. Here is a selection that impressed ahead of next week when we will be unveiling the winner. See also: Hundreds of photos of harvest 2022 Andrew Greenwood Night descends, but the work continues – […]Tim Relf
- Bobcat launches super-compact TL25.60 telehandler September 23, 2022Farmers Weekly A new model now props up Bobcat’s latest R-Series telehandler range, with the modestly proportioned TL25.60 measuring just 1.84m wide and 1.93m high – despite having a full-size cab. It is powered by a 75hp Bobcat engine running through a hydrostatic transmission. As the model numbering suggests, lift capacity is 2.5t and it’ll […]oli mark