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Opinion: Good to have a king who knows where his food comes from
Farmers Weekly A couple of months ago, a delegation from the parish council asked if they could use my grain store for a village party. They are determined to make a big thing of the coronation, and since I’ll generally go…
Heck Sausages drop meat-free options
Farmers Weekly A lack of demand from consumers for plant-based sausages has driven sausage-maker Heck to drop almost all of its meat-free products. Customers were not ready to move to meat-free alternatives, according to the…
Could sunflowers be grown on more UK farms?
Farmers Weekly Farmers looking to diversify their rotation or attract people on-farm to generate income could benefit from growing sunflowers this spring. Sunflowers provide a bulk ingredient in the bird-seed market and an…
Farmer Focus: Sprayer breakdown just as weather improves
Farmers Weekly After such an easy autumn drilling campaign, this spring clearly set out to remind us things are never that simple. One saviour of modern farming is LED lights, particularly as the window for daylight working…
Farm payroll: Rules employers need to consider
Farmers Weekly Gone are the days when farmers only had to work out income tax deductions and national insurance contributions (NIC) before paying staff. With pension auto-enrolment, new rules on holiday pay, student loan…
This Week in Farming: Grumps, swathing and long-life cows
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best content from the FW website in the past seven days. Here are five farming topics to chew over during your Coronation weekend, when…
Vervaet unleashes monster 33t Quad XL slurry applicator
Farmers Weekly Slurry applicators get no bigger, in Europe at least, than this whacking great Quad XL combination from Vervaet, the Dutch maker that specialises in all things supersized. Of the five new self-propelled Quad…
How Somerset sheep farm benefits from added-value wool sales
Farmers Weekly Sales of wool products from Fernhill Farm, Compton Martin, Somerset, continue to generate extra valuable revenue for Farmers Weekly’s 2022 Sheep Farmer of the Year winners, Andrew Wear and Jennifer Hunter.…
Twin California Ports Introduce Zero-Emission Locomotive
Weeks after the California Air Resources Board approved a rule to limit rail pollution, the Pacific Harbor Line on May 4 unveiled one of the nation’s most advanced zero-emission locomotives.
Parcel shippers urged to negotiate with carriers often for best pricing
About 40% of parcel shippers responding to an annual price benchmarking survey by consultancy Shipware LLC said that their parcel discount programs were better than average. However, three-quarters of shippers felt their…
