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Crop Watch: Sprayers dodging showers and maize drilling horror
Farmers Weekly The wait for more settled conditions continues, with the scarcity of spray days forcing growers to reduce the number of passes through crops. One challenge to emerge this spring is that the slower-release of…
Gloomy and cold spring threatens to dent crop yields
Farmers Weekly Unseasonably dull and cold weather is threatening to dent yields and increase disease pressure on crops, with growers hoping for a late blast of spring sunshine. According to the Met Office, the number of…
Two farmers punished for neglecting animal welfare
Farmers Weekly Two farmers have received suspended prison sentences, and one of them banned from owning animals for life, after being convicted of animal welfare offences. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha) prosecuted…
Farmers Weekly Ep 155: Overcoming low confidence in farming
Farmers Weekly In this episode, we examine how UK farmers are striving to overcome low confidence in the sector – caused in part by high input costs. Confidence among farmers is at a low ebb, according to the latest NFU…
Calf slaughter up 20% as costs plague rearers
Farmers Weekly A worrying rise in slaughter calf numbers shows the cost pressure rearers are under and the continued challenges posed by smaller-stature, spring-born youngstock. More than 23,000 calves were slaughtered for…
Opinion: It’s time again to become ‘dog and stick’ farmers
Farmers Weekly When I was about 10 years old I used to follow my father round the farm as he attended to his chores. Occasionally we would call on an old man, who had a farm in the village, for a chat and a cup of tea. He was…
KRM unveils Seed Ramp tine drill and Sola Aura front tank
Farmers Weekly A new combination of rear drilling unit and front-mounted hopper has broadened the range of sowing equipment offered by North Yorkshire importer KRM. Splitting the Seed Ramp frame and Sola Aura tank delivers…
Farmer Focus: Currently super-glued to the sprayer seat
Farmers Weekly April seems to have gone in a blink of an eye and the workload seems to be fairly consistent. We started spring drilling on 4 April and were finished on the 19th, which is similar to last year. Like many, a…
How strip-till drill offers flexibility in low-cost system
Farmers Weekly Scottish grower Stuart McNicol is on a mission to build a simple and cost-effective arable system at Castleton Farm on the North Berwick coast. Farming 160ha with just the one tractor for the past 12 years…
How a young farmer is producing pasture-fed, soya-free pork
Farmers Weekly Feeding soya-free rations to her small herd of outdoor pigs has helped secure Amy Chapple a contract with a London-based meat retailer. Miss Chapple, who runs her herd at Redwoods Farm near Tiverton, Devon,…
