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Amazon to Double Number of Same-Day Delivery Facilities
Amazon.com Inc. will double the number of U.S. same-day delivery facilities in the “coming years,” the company announced July 31.
NSA warns of vaccine shortages impacting UK sheep flock
Farmers Weekly The National Sheep Association (NSA) has called on government and the wider industry to ensure a reliable supply of vaccines for UK sheep farmers. Disruptions to supplies in recent years has limited the…
Unannounced inspections to target vehicle deaths on NI farms
Farmers Weekly Health and safety officials are set to embark on an eight-month programme of farm inspections across Northern Ireland to reduce fatal accidents The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (Hseni) says…
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 167: Welsh farm leaders boycott support scheme
Farmers Weekly In this episode, we ask what now for Welsh farm support as NFU leaders boycott the proposed scheme. Dumbing down net zero is popular with voters but what impact will it have on farm? EU lamb demand wins…
Yellow Ceases Operations
Less-than-truckload company Yellow shut down operations, ending a nearly 100-year history as one of the nation’s largest carriers and the company began posting notices at terminals.
Teamsters notified Yellow filing bankruptcy
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said late Sunday that it had been notified that less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. has ceased operations and will file for bankruptcy. “Today’s news is unfortunate but not…
Chris Bennett: Grain-carting near-miss reminds me of safety
Farmers Weekly For every fatality in farming, there are many near misses. Most of us will have had a near-miss. I certainly know I have. A few years ago, I was corn carting and had to travel through our parkland. I stopped…
Business Clinic: What insurance is needed when contracting?
Farmers Weekly Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Rory Gibson, regional director, Scotland, A-Plan Rural Insurance, highlights the importance of…
Essex farm uses borage and herbage seed to fight blackgrass
Farmers Weekly Borage and herbage seed break crops have helped one heavy land Essex arable farm get on top of blackgrass, with double spring-sown breaks and low soil disturbance seen as the key in its grassweed battle. The…
Why heat detection collars save time in an autumn-block herd
Farmers Weekly Tail paint, once the foundation of block-calving fertility, has been replaced by heat detection collars in one 260-cow herd in Somerset. The old go-to for identifying cows on heat proved to be less effective…
