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Why Teamsters allowed 22,000 union jobs to vanish
Yellow, the third-largest trucking company in the less-than-truckload sector, filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 7. Now its former competitors are in a bidding war for its terminals and trucks. The company’s collapse put some…
Defra pushes back SFI launch to mid-September
Farmers Weekly Defra has delayed the launch of its Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for eligible farmers in England to mid-September. Farmers Weekly exclusively revealed last Wednesday (23 August) that technical issues…
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 171: EA under fire over water-rules blunder
Farmers Weekly In this episode, the Environment Agency is under fire after accusing farmers of breaching rules to protect water quality. Defra blames technical issues as it delays the opening of its flagship Sustainable…
Transfix Fights Freight Fraud With Shipment Verification Tool
Transfix launched a new security feature designed to verify load authenticity to reduce freight fraud, the company announced Aug. 24.
Opinion: Work experience student rises to the challenge
Farmers Weekly We’ve just had a work experience student to stay for a week. He’s been here before (mainly as a broom operator, with a few basic tractor driving lessons thrown in) so knows his way around. But although he is…
‘British’ focus for AHDB We Eat Balanced campaign relaunch
Farmers Weekly The AHDB’s “We Eat Balanced” advertising campaign will include the term “British” for the first time, when it relaunches on 8 September. EU state aid rules had previously restricted using country of origin…
Farmer Focus: Climate change or just weather, the stakes are high
Farmers Weekly The dry summers of the past two years have focused debate on how farmers cope with parched landscapes, only for this season to throw up the challenge of washouts. Wherever you stand on the climate change…
Closed policy yields 1.7 lambs reared for Durham flock
Farmers Weekly A string of flock health setbacks has forced a Durham family to rely on its own breeding to maintain high output in its stratified sheep outdoor lambing system. Several iceberg diseases have plagued the…
Retro machinery fleet in demand for silage work
Farmers Weekly Three mechanically minded friends have clubbed together to form a contracting outfit that runs almost entirely on lovingly fettled modern classic machinery. Ashley Benson, Dave Marwood and James Rawsthorn –…
CVSA Inspection Finds Violations in 30% of Hazmat Packages
CVSA inspectors found violations with three of every 10 hazardous materials/dangerous goods packages inspected during a five-day unannounced special enforcement initiative June 12-16.
