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Great British Beef Week returns to celebrate the best of British produce
Farmers Weekly Great British Beef Week (GBBW) returns for its 13th year today (23 April), marking the annual celebration of British beef and its producers. Kicking off on St George’s day, the week-long initiative was founded…
Opinion: Time to call time on the sexist ‘dinosaurs’
Farmers Weekly In writing this piece I’m conscious of following closely on the heels of Farmers Weekly’s current back-page incumbent, Will Evans. Normally, I would avoid revisiting a subject which has been so ably and…
Forestry market maintains strength on slower growth
Farmers Weekly The forestry investment market reached a new high in 2022, but with the rate of increase in average values slowing from the very high levels of 2019-21, according to Savills’ Spotlight on the UK forestry market…
Farmer Focus: Great growth but tricky grazing conditions
Farmers Weekly I think I cursed last month’s column singing the joys of an easy February. Obviously, March has been very wet, making grazing conditions tough and increasing feed costs when we’d normally plan on reducing cake…
Farmers Weekly farm manager award win brings wider recognition
Farmers Weekly Rob McGregor’s wider pig sector involvement has grown since he was named Farmers Weekly Farm Manager of the Year in 2022. The Norfolk-based farmer, of LSB Pigs, was asked by the AHDB to appear in a series of…
Photo of the Week: No beating the heat for lambs
Farmers Weekly We can bet you’re often joined by a faithful canine companion by the fire after a long day – but what about a pair of lambs? This pair were fast asleep beside a roaring fire in Mordington in the Scottish…
Alternative approaches reduce aphid levels in seed potatoes
Farmers Weekly Keeping seed potato crops free of viruses is becoming increasingly difficult. However, alternative approaches are showing promise in Scottish trials. Controlling aphids is a key part of potato seed production,…
TI holding company announces president’s departure
Logistics company Transportation Insight Holding Co., a combination of logistics providers Nolan Transportation Group and Transportation Insight, has let go President and COO Geoff Kelley and 60 employees in a restructuring,…
Ewe gives birth to twins eight days after a single
Farmers Weekly A Norfolk sheep farmer has expressed her surprise at an “incredible lambing event” when one of her ewes, which had already given birth to a single lamb, then produced two more some eight days later. After the…
Milwaukee drill and driver get smaller heads and more power
Farmers Weekly The latest generations of Milwaukee’s compact hammer drill and impact driver have been slimmed down, allowing them to be operated in tighter gaps than before. The pro-spec M18 Fuel FPD3 drill is lighter than…
