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Crop Watch: Wet weather woes as field jobs pile up
Farmers Weekly Frustration is now setting in as the jobs list grows ever longer because of the unsettled March weather. There have been few spray days and disease pressure is building up. Most OSR crops are at some stage of…
BPS claims: Hints and tips for 2023
Farmers Weekly The Basic Payment Scheme scheme may be well-established, but there are always aspects with the potential to trip up applicants. As the deadline for applications in all regions approaches on 15 May 2023, Farmers…
Radiant Logistics completes restatement of financials
Radiant Logistics announced on Monday full quarterly results for the first time since May 2022. The Renton, Washington-based 3PL has been mired in a financial restatement process tied to revenue and expense recognition for…
Opinion: Farming on ‘grease, spanners and mindless optimism’
Farmers Weekly I learned to be eco-friendly by accident, and even now I’m not completely sure I’ve got the hang of it. As a sandwich student from Harper Adams, I spent a memorable placement year working on a commercial farm…
Farmer Focus: The perks of running out of winter barley seed
Farmers Weekly Our accidental barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) trial is taking shape, courtesy of yours truly running out of winter barley seed last autumn with an acre to go. We had to pop up to our kind neighbours for some…
Cleasby develops 2-in-1 cubicle bedding spreader
Farmers Weekly A cubicle bedding spreader that turns a yard scraper into a two-in-one device is a welcome labour- and time-saver, say early users. The Scrapenser, from fledgling manufacturer Ian Cleasby Agricultural, is a…
4 essential checks to improve suckler herd efficiency
Farmers Weekly Measuring and monitoring herd performance is vital for improving the health, efficiency and profitability of a suckler herd. The aim of a suckler system is to produce as many kilos of calf to each kilo of cow…
Delta Cargo cranks up refrigeration at JFK airport
Delta Air Lines has inaugurated John F. Kennedy International Airport’s largest temperature-controlled facility for pharmaceuticals and perishable goods. The Atlanta-based carrier announced Thursday that it has doubled…
DOE/EIA diesel price nears pre-Ukraine-invasion level with latest drop
Even as the benchmark Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration diesel price continued to edge toward where it was before Russia invaded Ukraine, some bullish developments combined to send oil futures prices…
Amid financial peril, Nikola changes CFO
Nikola Corp. Chief Financial Officer Kim Brady will retire in April as the electric truck maker’s finances raise survivability questions. Brady, 59, served five years as CFO. He was instrumental in Nikola going public in…
