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• Difficult season sees profits fall at Frontier Agriculture April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Frontier Agriculture recorded a slight drop in both turnover and pre-tax profit in the year to 30 June 2020. The company’s 15th full year of trading produced a pre-tax profit of £25.7m on a turnover of £1.613m. This compares with a £31.5m pre-tax profit in 2019 on a turnover of £1.653m. Group operating […]
  Suzie Horne
• 50% cut in NI livestock ‘not enough’ to lower emissions April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Northern Ireland’s farmers have expressed their grave concern at plans to substantially scale back livestock production as part of the drive to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The suggestions come from two sources – a recently-tabled Climate Change Bill at Stormont, and new advice from the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) in London. […]
  Phillip Clarke
• Farmers Weekly Podcast Episode 53: Farm fatalities, farm incomes and water quality April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly More than 50 people have lost their lives in farm-related accidents over the past year. It’s a shocking statistic – equivalent to one person a week going to work on a UK farm and never returning home. We look at the reasons behind agriculture’s appalling safety record – and how to improve it. […]
  Alison Konieczny
• Fed-up farmers reveal extent of fly-tipping in countryside April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Farmers have shared pictures and videos of fly-tipping as part of renewed efforts to illustrate the extent of the problem in the countryside and force tougher sanctions for offenders. A tweet from the NFU asking for evidence of waste dumped illegally has prompted replies from dozens of fed-up farmers. See also: What to […]
  Ed Henderson
• Agri-Linc reinvents AS Marston’s ACE trailer range April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly While the AS Marston name might have been consigned to the history books, its legendary ACE trailer range has been brought back to life by Agri-Linc. Falling under the Bourne-based business’ Proforge banner, the red-and-black-liveried load-luggers use the ACE’s familiar square-edged monocoque body and chassis design. See also: 14t and 16t silage trailer buyers […]
  Oliver Mark
• Find out average farm rents where you live 2021 April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly The average rent for full agricultural tenancy (FAT) agreements rose by 4% in the same year that the average rent for farm business tenancy (FBT) agreements fell by 4%, according to the latest data for England. Defra’s most recent Farm Rents report covers March 2019 to February 2020, using results from the 2019-20 […]
  Lauren Harris
• Dorset vet helps get his dairy herds moving more easily April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Julian Allen is helping to reduce lameness in Dorset dairy herds by encouraging mobility scoring just as milk buyers are stepping up their interest in cow welfare. As a senior dairy-focused vet, his enthusiasm for regular checks on cow health is helping his dairy farm clients improve the financial health and welfare of […]
  David Jones
• FW Opinion: Would it kill you to not ask for help? April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Farming is a dangerous job. There is simply no getting around it. I have recently returned to London after spending two weeks at home during lambing and calving season. It was my first prolonged time on the farm for two years after being unable to do my annual stint during peak workload at […]
  Andrew Meredith
• Farmer Focus: Wireless internet has been a real eye-opener April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly There was very little action for the first five days when we put the tups in last year.   It was a bit worrying at the time and I’m still not completely sure of the reason, but I’m glad now.   Lambing has just started, and the weather forecast has been grim. I was […]
  Michael Priestley
• Garlic-based nematicide shows promise for Yorks root grower April 16, 2021
  Farmers Weekly The control of free-living and root-knot nematodes is a problem for many vegetable growers, particularly as the mainstay nematicide Vydate (oxamyl) was withdrawn from use last December. Despite its loss, a fully registered, granular nematicide formulated from garlic is proving effective in reducing nematode populations on one Yorkshire farm. Left untreated, the soil-borne […]
  Emma Gillbard