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Why deer diversification is a good fit for Welsh hill farm
Farmers Weekly When the Williams family ventured into venison production, a chief consideration was how it would integrate into their existing beef and sheep enterprises. It meant reducing the sheep flock by 200 ewes to…
On test: Time for Ssangyong’s well-priced Musso pickup?
Farmers Weekly After years doggedly plugging away at the UK pickup market, Ssangyong has suddenly found itself catapulted to a heady fourth spot in the sales rankings. Facetious it may be – a lull in demand has led to mass…
LA-LB outlook darkens as labor unrest briefly shutters ports
The Port of Los Angeles’ sales pitch to importers in recent months has been: We have plenty of capacity now. No more ship queues. The port labor contract expired July 1, 2022, but there has been no major disruption to…
Borderlands: LG Energy Solution to build $5.5B EV battery plant in Arizona
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: LG Energy Solution is building a $5.5 billion EV battery plant in Arizona; a France-based auto parts…
Truckload capacity flips from unsustainably tight to unsustainably loose
Chart of the Week: National Outbound Tender Reject Index – USA SONAR: OTRI.USA For the first time since the economy was shuttered in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, the national Outbound Tender Reject Index (OTRI)…
Opinion: ELM scheme tail could wag farming dog
Farmers Weekly So, Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes turn out to be like the proverbial buses. We wait ages for one, then three arrive at once, their destination panels neatly labelled Sustainable Farming Incentive…
Farmer Focus: Calving calamities test the nerve
Farmers Weekly Some weeks are tougher than others when farming. I often find the hardest one’s in March. Calamities haven’t been helped by falling milk prices. Ours has slipped 10p/litre to a base of 43p/litre. Grass is…
New G5 display for John Deere’s six-cylinder tractors
Farmers Weekly John Deere will integrate its new G5 Command Center display into all 6, 7, 8 and 9-series tractors next year. The G5 range includes two portable displays that can be fitted to any brand, with the firm’s…
Women in ag face tokenism and sexism, new report finds
Farmers Weekly A report carried out by the Scottish government has found that women in agriculture still face regular sexism, gender bias and tokenism. The Women in Agriculture: Leadership programme development research study…
A guide to reclaiming professional fees paid by farmers
Farmers Weekly Many farmers will be affected by compulsory purchase or by utility companies seeking to acquire rights over land to install new pipelines or cables. This is a complex area and it can be a stressful process to…
