Cat 4

News

• Genus announces huge uplift in pre-tax profit January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Animal genetics company Genus has forecast a sharp rise in half-year profits due to increased trade with China. Genus said it expected adjusted profit before tax to be between £47m to £49m for the six months to 31 December 2020.  The higher figure represents a 33% hike on the £36.6m pre-tax profit for […]
  Jonathan Riley
• Crofters get government payout to build new homes January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly The Scottish government has issued grant payments worth £289,000 to nine crofters in a bid to bolster remote rural communities.  Officials in Scotland said the Croft House Grant scheme aimed to retain and attract people to rural communities by supporting improvements to existing housing or new construction costs. Since the scheme was launched […]
  Jonathan Riley
• Gene-edited crops not the same as GMs, says France January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly France is on a collision course with the European Union after it said gene-edited crops should not be classified as genetically modified organisms (GMs). The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in 2018 that gene-editing techniques, such as Crispr-Cas9, qualify as products of genetic engineering under European law. But in an interview published […]
  Philip Case
• 10 scraper tractor options for dairy farms of all sizes January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly No tractor is less mollycoddled than the one hooked to a muckscraper. Slathered in slurry from dawn ‘til dusk and shunting back and forth with monotonous regularity, these machines have a notoriously hard life. Yet, they’re expected to start without fault every day of the year and soldier on with the bare minimum […]
  Oliver Mark
• A guide to feeding gilts and sows through a production cycle January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Nutrition is key throughout a pig’s lifetime, and particularly important for the breeding females of the herd in order to achieve optimum piglet production and growth. On a recent Farming Connect webinar, Andrew Marriage, commercial nutritionist at ForFarmers, and Sian Southwell, retail account manager at ForFarmers, shared some expert tips on feeding gilts […]
  Hayley Parrott
• Solid urea and live export bans: Key points and have your say January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Next week sees the culmination of two important government consultations which could both have serious implications for farmers. One covers solid urea, with the government seemingly intent on banning it as it strives to meet its clean air targets. The other deals with animal transport, including plans to ban the export of live […]
  Philip Clarke
• Student life in 2021: The good, the bad and the box sets January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly People around the country have seen their lives turned upside down by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Students have had to adapt quickly, with big changes to their academic and social life. There have been plenty downsides, but most remain positive and committed to their careers, as we hear from two young people currently part-way […]
  Tim Relf
• Defra report outlines ELM payment rates findings January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Payments rates to farmers for Environmental Land Management (ELM) must be higher than Countryside Stewardship for the scheme to be a success, suggests a Defra report. Farmers testing the forthcoming ELM scheme have told Defra they feel inadequately compensated for work done under Countryside Stewardship. See also: Defra unveils roadmap to ELM scheme […]
  Johann Tasker
• Hope for Carmarthen mart as it seeks new operator January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly Livestock auctions could soon resume at Carmarthen mart as the site owner is looking for a new business to run a “progressive and forward-looking” regional market there. The trouble-hit mart, which had been run for many years by BJP Marts, has been closed for months, with farmers who had previously sold stock there […]
  Debbie James
• Farmer Focus: We’re all paddling like mad underneath January 20, 2021
  Farmers Weekly It’s interesting how your whole outlook can change in a very short space of time. Only a couple of years ago prices were terrible and both the farm and the shop weren’t making any money. The stock was still suffering from the “beast from the east” and our overdraft and borrowing was up […]
  Michael Priestley