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New soft wheat looks good for biscuits and distilling
Farmers Weekly New biscuitmaking winter wheat variety Bamford has good support from two seed merchants from the Scottish Borders and Kent for its yield, strong disease resistance ratings and potential good marketability. The…
Erratic wheat markets extend gap between new and old crop
Farmers Weekly Tensions arising from the attempted coup in Russia led to some bullish gains for wheat markets earlier in the week, although these have since been wiped out. The UK continues to track wider global markets, with…
Farm leaders reject claims retailers aren’t ‘profiteering’
Farmers Weekly Claims from several of the UK’s major retailers that they are not engaged in “grotesque profiteering” have been rejected by farm leaders. Bosses from the “big four” – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons –…
Northumberland and Scottish Borders holdings come to market
Farmers Weekly Birdhope Farm, just launched by Galbraith, sits in the Northumberland National Park and has a traditional farmhouse, woodland, permanent pasture, upland grazing and extensive fishing on the River Rede. The…
Farmer Focus: Three times as many tubers on irrigated beds
Farmers Weekly One thing that’s become clear to me, given the difficulties of the past few years, is the world is becoming a difficult place to live for law-abiding decent people who like sleeping with a clear conscience.…
Advice on efficient use of nitrogen fertiliser on grassland
Farmers Weekly Now is the time to challenge your fertiliser practices – making better use of what has become an expensive input will have a big effect on cost control and grassland yields. “Plan and measure to make savings…
Leicestershire contractor rates 70t Vervaet Quad XL slurry spreader
Farmers Weekly Surging demand for cheaper crop nutrition in the face of last year’s volatile fertiliser prices drove farmers across the country to seek alternatives to synthetic nitrogen. The resulting appetite for slurry and…
XPO Workers at Florida Facility Decertify Teamsters Union
XPO workers on June 21 voted to remove a local Teamsters union from their Hialeah, Fla., workplace. Teamsters Local 769 was first certified in December 2014.
Speedcargo automation tools find space where airfreight providers can’t
At times, innovation is born out of curiosity, as inquisitive minds look for ways to simplify dated processes. Often, however, it arises from necessity, driven by the need to compete on a global scale. Technology solutions…
TuSimple prepares to exit US autonomous trucking market
Having laid off more than half its U.S. workforce and turned its attention to China, autonomous truck software pioneer TuSimple is taking steps to exit the U.S. market it once led. The move follows months of turmoil in the…
