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NFU Cymru leaders threaten to shun Sustainable Farming Scheme
Farmers Weekly Farmer support for Wales’ new agricultural support scheme has been dealt a significant blow after NFU Cymru’s president and his deputy said they would not be opting in because its compulsory 10% tree cover…
Borderlands: Mexico, Port Laredo remain on top for US trade
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico, Port Laredo remain on top for US trade; WeFreight expands operations into Mexico;…
LTL rates bounce as Yellow struggles with union
Chart of the Week: National Truckload Index Linehaul Only, Outbound Tender Volume Index – USA SONAR: LCWT1.USA, VCRPM1.USA Less-than-truckload rates reversed course in June after trending lower this spring, according to…
Abattoirs making a loss on skins and hides
Farmers Weekly Sheepskins are now being classed as a cost to the meat processing sector, despite previously being a valuable by-product for abattoirs. Global demand for sheepskins and hides fell at the start of the pandemic…
Opinion: Communicate to deliver for animal welfare
Farmers Weekly Looking back can be a distraction, and in a world dominated by change – buffeted by the Covid pandemic and the tragic war in Ukraine – focusing on the future makes sense. After all, we all need to do things…
Variable row spacing option for Maschio’s Chrono precision drill
Farmers Weekly A revamped version of Maschio Gaspardo’s high-speed precision drill allows owners to quickly alter row spacings to suit a range of different crops. While fixed-frame Chrono 500s come with set spacings of 45cm,…
Farmer Focus: Striving to reward and keep good staff
Farmers Weekly One of the huge challenges facing our business, and agriculture more widely, is labour. We need good people to help us progress. The reality is, if we don’t continue to improve we won’t generate the additional…
Defra drops plans for mandatory animal welfare labelling
Farmers Weekly Defra has dropped plans to consult on the introduction of mandatory animal welfare labelling, following heavy criticism from industry. Under the plans, new rules would have required food products to be…
Photo of the Week: Harvest gold at the end of the rainbow
Farmers Weekly One farmer will be expecting gold at Bruce Farm in Stoneygroves, Dundee. We were delighted to see the farm’s Ploeger GP1189 pea harvester pictured working below a stunning double-rainbow. See more: Enter our…
AHDB ‘will be new sheriff’ says cereals sector’s chairman
Farmers Weekly AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds is going to step up, deliver for its levy payers and make a real difference to farm businesses, pledges new sector chairman and Cambridgeshire farmer Tom Clarke. After a “near death…
