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Harvest 2023: Wheat and barley grain quality in decline
Farmers Weekly Wheat and barley grain quality is sliding following poor summer weather, with yields also proving slightly disappointing. See also: Harvest 2023: Wheat quality suffering as Hagberg levels fall Devon The…
Farmers left demoralised after vandals burn and slash bales
Farmers Weekly A farmer and his team have been left feeling demoralised after vandals caused more than £2,000 worth of damage to their farm in Surrey. Between 20 and 30 wrapped haylage bales were pushed off the heap at the…
Chevron Buys Land for Possible New Facility Outside Houston
Chevron Corp. bought a plot of land the size of almost 60 football fields just outside of Houston in preparation for what could become a new research-and-development campus.
Defra ministers mull epi culling to tackle TB spread
Farmers Weekly Defra plans to consult on reserving the right to targeted badger culling to tackle bovine TB where epidemiological assessment points to a reservoir of disease in wildlife, according to reports. The…
NFUS leads demands for food security ahead of Ag Bill launch
Farmers Weekly Pressure is mounting on the Scottish government to put more effort into delivering food security for the nation as it prepares to launch a new Agriculture Bill later this month. That bill will lay the…
Man sentenced after his dogs kill 22 pregnant sheep
Farmers Weekly The owner of two dogs has been fined £900 and banned from keeping dogs for five years following a horrific attack on livestock on a north Wales farm. The incident happened in sheds at a farm managed by farmer…
Who is Steve Reed, Labour’s new shadow Defra secretary?
Farmers Weekly Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer made Croydon North MP Steve Reed shadow Defra secretary yesterday. But what are his views on farming? Ahead of Sir Keir’s long-awaited reshuffle yesterday, Oldham MP Jim McMahon –…
Firm lamb trade forecast after grass-driven yearlings hit £180
Farmers Weekly Firm forecasts for breeding lambs have been mooted following confident shearling sales powered by strong pasture growth and a liveweight lamb price above 250p/kg all summer. Buyer confidence is greater and more…
Olly Harrison sows OSR and cover crop with quadcopter drone
Farmers Weekly Merseyside arable farmer and agricultural YouTuber Olly Harrison planted a 1ha segment of oilseed rape via aerial application with a quadcopter drone. The P40 XAG drone also broadcast a cover crop of phacelia…
‘No quick fix’ as regen ag leads to lower yields
Farmers Weekly Growing cereals using regenerative farming techniques has been shown to reduce yield by about 10% compared with ploughing the soil, at least in the initial years of transition, a major new study run by…
