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For 2nd time, FreightWaves makes Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list
FreightWaves, the world’s leading provider of freight market forecasting, data, news and analysis, has again made the annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, ranking No. 2,386. The Inc.…
Tight supply drives EU sugar prices up 80% on the year
Farmers Weekly Tight supplies of sugar both in the UK and on the Continent are driving prices up, with UK sugar production estimated by the NFU to be about 350,000t below last year’s levels. Total sugar supply is forecast to…
Harvest 2023: Moisture contents are ridiculously variable
Farmers Weekly Grain traders are reporting wide variations in grain qualities, with this harvest very much proving the luck of the draw, depending on local conditions. Even so, milling wheat and malting barley have had…
Hartpury College set to offer new T-level ag qualifications
Farmers Weekly Hartpury College is set to receive almost £2.4m of government funding in order to purchase specialist equipment and facilities ahead of its new T-level course opening. The Gloucestershire agricultural college…
Potato growers to benefit from new SDHI fungicide seed treatment
Farmers Weekly BASF’s new liquid tuber treatment has gained approval for use on all potato crops, offering good control of a range of costly potato skin blemish diseases. There are a number of skin blemish diseases affecting…
Canadian firm unveils stripper header to rival Shelbourne
Farmers Weekly Shelbourne Reynolds’ domination of the stripper header market could be under threat, at least in North America, following the launch of the Raptor from K-Hart Industries. The firm hails from Manitoba, Canada,…
Opinion: Red meat industry needs healthy competition
Farmers Weekly As I sat there, hungover, in the lecture hall, I knew I would never use this drivel. Economics? I hadn’t signed up for this as an ag student. I made my excuses and left. How wrong I was. Today I find myself…
Farmer Focus: Disappointing BYDV-tolerant winter barley yields
Farmers Weekly Like most, the dryer has been in action this summer. Fortunately, the winter barley was fit by the time the combine came through at 12.5% moisture. Grain was put straight away into silos and straw baled.…
10 tips for safe cattle handling during TB testing
Farmers Weekly Cattle are often large, heavy, fast and strong. Combine that mix with TB testing – a situation that may be unfamiliar and stressful for the animal – and it can be challenging, and even dangerous, for the people…
Daimler Truck CEO will take on finance role temporarily
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum will temporarily add the CFO role as the global truck maker’s Supervisory Board seeks a permanent replacement for the recently deceased Jochen Goetz. The sudden death of the 52-year-old Goetz…
