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A Mandyara Beats a Blender Every Time
A couple of mandyara churners. A hand-held mandyara (mathani), a wooden churner common in India, allows you to mash and blend your way to the perfect texture in every dish Raised as a third-culture kid with Sindhi heritage…
Attacks on Ukrainian grain stores shock cereals markets
Farmers Weekly Wheat markets are fairly bullish in the short term, with damage to Ukrainian grain infrastructure, reduced yields in the EU and poorer crop conditions in the US all supporting prices. Chicago, Paris and UK…
Welsh farmers seek flexibility over ‘blanket’ tree planting
Farmers Weekly Farmers are demanding flexibility from the Welsh government over its plans to require all farms in Wales to plant trees on 10% of land to access future farm payments. Increasing concern over “blanket” tree…
Defra unveils £10m funding pot for cattle shed upgrades
Farmers Weekly Defra is making £10m of additional funding available to livestock farmers in England to replace aging cattle sheds with state-of-the art facilities. The Animal Health and Welfare Infrastructure Grant will…
Net zero slowdown will intensify transition pain for farmers
Farmers Weekly Slowing down current plans to reach net zero by 2050 will leave farmers facing tougher rules in future with less time for transition, agricultural chiefs have warned. Prime minister Rishi Sunak has said the…
Ensus to invest in new animal feed facilities on Teeside
Farmers Weekly Teeside biofuel operator Ensus UK is to build a new £60m-£70m animal feed plant at its Wilton International plant, as one of a number of major new projects. The biorefinery already produces about 350,000t/year…
Farmers Fresh Wales expands lamb trade with Polderlam
Farmers Weekly A growing partnership between two businesses either side of the North Sea is providing new opportunities for increased sales of Welsh lamb across the EU. Farmers Fresh Wales is working with Dutch-based lamb…
Teamsters demand Yellow’s previous $11-per-hour offer
A Tuesday letter from Teamsters leadership to local unions representing all of Yellow Corp.’s network said emergency negotiations that began on Sunday haven’t yielded an agreement. The union says its “bottom-line proposal”…
Farmer Focus: Rain adds to double-inspection frustration
Farmers Weekly Every year, we make a concerted effort to get ready for harvest earlier, but every year harvest gets earlier, and so we find that yet again we were slow out of the blocks. The first piece of winter barley we…
CF Fertilisers UK plans to close ammonia plant at Billingham
Farmers Weekly Fertiliser manufacturer CF Fertilisers UK, a subsidiary of CF Industries, has announced it intends to permanently close its ammonia facility at Billingham, following the plant being idle for the past 10 months.…
