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Business Clinic: Costs and considerations of natural burial sites
Farmers Weekly Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Edward Beale, associate partner at Carter Jonas Rural, sets out the considerations for natural…
Farmer Focus: Horrible lambing I want to put behind me
Farmers Weekly It’s been horrible. We’ve had challenging weather, sick lambs, some appalling staff and bad grass silage to balance. The February lambs looked good after turnout with some sun on them. Then it started raining…
Photo of the Week: Love at first piglet
Farmers Weekly Thanks to Susan for sending this snap of her daughter cuddling up to a piglet. Susan told us that daughter Georgina fell instantly in love with this cute little piglet at her partner Ian’s farm in Carnaby, East…
California OKs Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
The California Air Resources Board approved its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation that will require some motor carriers to begin the transition to zero-emission trucks as soon as next year.
Wet weather delays potato planting and risks yield loss
Farmers Weekly Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. We catch up with two farmers to find out how they are getting on. See also: Latest-ever start to potato…
Revamped ProDig silage forks get longer tines and stronger build
Farmers Weekly New ProDig high-capacity silage forks for wheeled loaders are reckoned to be tougher and more durable than their predecessors, with new features and components incorporated into the design. Available in widths…
Farmer Focus: Harvest is done, but do people appreciate it?
Farmers Weekly As much as I look forward to getting the combine out to start the harvest, I also look forward to putting it back in the shed. For the second year in a row, harvest has been a stop-start affair, making the most…
Why organic acids are key to reducing cellulitis rates
Farmers Weekly Since 2010, the number of cellulitis rejects has increased nearly threefold, according to Food Standards Agency data. “In the early 2000s we were concerned about a 0.5% cellulitis infection rate – now it’s not…
China ramps up pig production with growth of large farms
Farmers Weekly For more than 30 years, China has been the largest meat producer in the world and its output continues to grow, with total meat production in 2022 totalling 92.3m tonnes. Of this, pig meat made up 55.4m tonnes…
This Week in Farming: Dairy woes, election and aginflation
Farmers Weekly Welcome to This Week in Farming, our round-up of eye-catching news, features and the biggest topics that affected farming this week. Here are the five biggest topics from the past seven days, plus a reminder to…
