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Top farming safety tips from Farmers Weekly readers
Farmers Weekly Next week marks the start of Farm Safety Week (17- 21 July), an annual campaign to inspire safe practice across farms in the UK and Ireland. This year’s event comes in the wake of the latest farming fatalities…
How will new Welsh Agriculture Act affect farmers?
Farmers Weekly The debate and voting are over. All that now stands in the way of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill becoming legislation is royal assent. Described by rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths as the most important…
Global grain markets volatile with Black Sea deal in doubt
Farmers Weekly Threats to grain exports from the Black Sea region and weather concerns in the US are both weighing on global markets, with prices seeing some support. The Black Sea Grain Initiative is due for renewal on…
4 farmers outline bale grazing benefits in field lab trial
Farmers Weekly A group of farmers is taking part in a four-year project to explore the impact of bale grazing on forage quality and soil health. The Innovative Farmers field lab will fill a research gap: to date, there have…
What’s in Your Fertiliser Shed? Switch to liquid pays off
Farmers Weekly Andrew Brice has switched to using liquid nitrogen fertiliser from solid this season on his north Kent farm to improve accuracy, to get his applications on earlier in the season and to help the environment.…
West Coast Swapping Diesel for Biofuels
The West Coast’s growing demand for renewable diesel and biodiesel fuel will drive petroleum diesel usage there next year to the lowest level in more than a decade, according to the U.S. EIA.
June Class 8 Orders Continue Rebound
North American Class 8 truck orders experienced a year-over-year increase for the second month in a row during June, ACT Research reported.
Rumsey succeeds Linebarger as chair of Cummins
Jennifer Rumsey, who became CEO of engine maker and technology provider Cummins Inc. a year ago, also will chair the company following the retirement of her mentor and vocal fan, Tom Linebarger. The mutual admiration between…
Is IMO 2020 shipping regulation worsening global warming?
It is scorching out there. High-temperature records are being broken daily. Oceans off some shores are as hot as bathwater. What is to blame? The list of culprits and possible culprits includes fossil fuel emissions, natural…
NMFTA council developing API road map for end-to-end data
The Digital LTL Council, a division of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association Inc. (NMFTA), said Wednesday that it is developing an end-to-end application programming interface road map to cover the full shipment…
