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NFU and British Sugar beet price talks hit a deadlock
Farmers Weekly The NFU and British Sugar are at loggerheads over the processor’s beet pricing offer for the 2024-25 crop, amid reports it is lower than this year’s price of £40/t. NFU Sugar Board chairman Michael Sly wrote to…
Daily Infographic: Labor Day amplifies increase in cargo thefts in 2023
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Asda becomes first UK supermarket to sell vertical farm salad
Farmers Weekly Supermarket chain Asda has become the first in the UK to stock a range of bagged salads that have been grown in vertical farms. In a bid to improve sustainability, the retailer says the salads are grown using…
Three-cut silage: Go for leaves, not bulk, to lower costs
Farmers Weekly Three-cut silage systems can take first cut a week earlier next year and still get the same yield, plus better quality. Scheduling all three cuts in the clamp before the longest day will also give more…
‘Six of the best’ sustainable farmers receive Rase awards
Farmers Weekly Northamptonshire landowner Johnny Wake, whose 1,000ha estate has been in his family for more than 350 years, has been awarded the prestigious Bledisloe Gold Medal from the Royal Agricultural Society of England…
Direct drills revisited: 9m custom-built John Deere 750A
Farmers Weekly After spending several years adapting a 9m-wide, US-built John Deere 1890 drill for European conditions and UK roads, and extensive fettling thereafter to fine-tune its performance, Leicestershire farmer Steve…
UPS to raise tariff rates 5.9%, matching FedEx
UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said late Thursday that it will raise 2024 tariff rates 5.9% on all air, ground and international services, effective Dec. 26. The move matches rival FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), which announced a 5.9%…
Founders of shuttered Argo AI launch autonomous trucking startup
The founders of shuttered self-driving car startup Argo AI, which was abandoned by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, are starting an autonomous trucking business with $1 billion in backing from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp.…
Forward Air sees muted August after controversial deal announced
Like most less-than-truckload carriers, asset-light provider Forward Air reported improved sequential volume trends in August. The inflection was largely tied to the shutdown of Yellow Corp. Forward (NASDAQ: FWRD) said…
Editor’s View: Farmers and MPs more similar than you think
Farmers Weekly How do you feel about our current crop of politicians? If you’re anything like the rest of the population, the answer is probably “not good”. Survey after survey show politicians are the least trusted people in…
