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Harvest highlights: High moisture contents and lodged crops
Farmers Weekly Weather conditions have drastically slowed harvest, with lodging difficulties delaying the combines. A sliver of light is that overall winter barley yields concluded well this season. See more: Harvest 2023:…
Chicken processor Avara moves to help clean up the River Wye
Farmers Weekly Poultry processor Avara has announced plans to end the spreading of chicken manure from about 75 of its supplying farms within the River Wye Catchment. This is part of the company’s drive to reduce levels of…
How 1 city is curbing overweight trucks
New York City began using weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology Thursday on a key stretch of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE), with fines eventually awaiting trucks that exceed current weight limits.The plan is one part of a…
Daily Infographic: Tesla seeks $100M to build Semi truck charging stations
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Dairy contract regulations cautiously welcomed by FUW
Farmers Weekly Milk producing members of the Farmers’ Union of Wales have given a cautious welcome to the new Fair Dealing Obligations Regulations 2023 – currently in draft form – believing they will bolster good practice…
Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter OSR varieties map
Farmers Weekly Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from the AHDB’s 2023 oilseed rape Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest yielding oilseed…
New Fastrac and trailer investment lifts contractor’s fleet
Farmers Weekly Last year’s sub-par maize yields have forced anaerobic digester (AD) plants to expand their acreages to shore up dwindling feedstock supplies, and that has meant more work for P Russon & Sons. The business…
PepsiCo praises Tesla Semi’s performance on long-haul, regional loads
PepsiCo’s fleet of all-electric Class 8 Semi trucks from Tesla are quiet, smooth and comfortable, while achieving ranges of up to 450 miles a day, according to a recent video from the North American Council for Freight…
Farmer Focus: Fear tree-planting concerns fell on deaf ears
Farmers Weekly We’ve just got back from the Royal Welsh Show. It was another fabulous show where everyone connected to farming, from Wales and beyond, came together to celebrate our existence. In a recent survey carried out…
Contrasting north-eastern farms come to market
Farmers Weekly A mid-summer launch of almost 1,800 acres in Northumberland brings Crow Hall Farm to the market. The holding is in the Tyne Valley, between Bardon Mill and Haydon Bridge, about 30 miles west of…
