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Farmers Weekly This has been the harvest that nearly broke me. Talk about stress: only in farming can you have so much disappointment after so much promise. This year’s harvest had its potential decimated in the last six…

Farmers Weekly Dairy farmer Stephen McKeown, from Newtownabbey, County Antrim, has designed a plastic boot that can be bolted to the end of a dribble bar hose to improve distribution. Previously, he had noticed slurry caking…

Farmers Weekly Farming-mad Thomas, aged 9, is pictured following every minute of the harvest at his family farm in Norfolk on board a paddle board. Thomas is a fourth-generation farmer in the making and enjoys “carpet…

Farmers Weekly All three arable finalists have reduced their cultivations and focused on soil health to future-proof their businesses. The judges were impressed by how these finalists were willing to try out new systems and…

Farmers Weekly The British Farm Data Council (BFDC) has been set up to provide a recognised standard of care, security and ownership of farmers’ data. It hopes to launch late this year, by which time it will have several…

Farmers Weekly Funding is flowing into British research institutions to develop an effective vaccine for on-farm worm control as increasing efforts are made to keep chemical options working. The five-year £6m project hopes to…

Farmers Weekly Essex-based Brocks Wheel & Tyre (BWT) has launched its debut range of tractor wheels, which encompasses most common rim sizes above a 22.5in diameter. All UK-made 3S models come with wheel nut indicators…

Farmers Weekly This is the year that just keeps giving. If the weather pattern for the previous growing season wasn’t bad enough, we now find ourselves in a snatch-and-grab harvest, with wheat moistures ranging from 21.25%…