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Farmer Focus: Fungicide plans change due to wet weather
Farmers Weekly Last time I wrote, I mentioned that I was not a big fan of drilling in February. However, after 241mm of rain since then, I am glad we got things drilled, as otherwise we would not have a single grain planted.…
Opinion: Workforce shortage sparks ‘people poaching’
Farmers Weekly A new wave of farm theft is blighting rural Britain. While sheep, diesel and satellite theft is still a concern, a new white-collar crime is sweeping across the UK. Prime staff are being lifted from under the…
Isuzu updates base-spec D-Max with new grille and rear diff-lock
Farmers Weekly Isuzu has completed some mild titivation to the exterior of its D-Max pickups, with new paint colour options, a restyled front grille and a broader range of alloy wheels for middling “All-Purpose” DL20 and DL40…
Crop Watch: Blackgrass flowering in cold, wet spring
Farmers Weekly It’s proving to be a gloomy spring and not just in terms of a lack of sunshine. Growers have spring crops with headlands that have rotted off in the March rain, they are struggling to get inputs on at the right…
How to maintain milk hygiene in robotic dairies
Farmers Weekly Achieving low levels of bacteria can be challenging for any dairy, but automatic milking systems (AMS) have some unique additional risk areas. Knowing these risks allows operators to mitigate the chance of poor…
Supermarket power tops concerns at Farmers Weekly Question Time
Farmers Weekly Supermarkets and supply chain unfairness were top of the agenda at the third Farmers Weekly Question time event at the John Innes Centre in Norwich. Farmers shaped the discussion by putting their searching…
Pam Transportation’s Q1 earnings fall by half
Pam Transportation Services announced Monday after the market close that first-quarter earnings were roughly half the prior-year result. The Tontitown, Arkansas-based truckload carrier reported adjusted net income of $12.7…
Box shipment trends their worst since depths of Great Financial Crisis
FreightWaves wrote at the beginning of April about continued severe weakness in U.S. box demand based on its survey of over 30 boxmakers, and the Q1 results from the third-largest North American containerboard producer,…
Toyota aiming heavy-duty fuel cells for sale this year
Toyota Motor North America. expects to deliver Kentucky-produced heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kits to customers as soon as this year. It adds to momentum that federal and state incentives are driving for…
Yellow, Teamsters to hash out operational changes by reopening NMFA early
It appears less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. and the Teamsters will renegotiate their labor contract a year early as the two parties have failed to come to terms on proposed network changes, a spokesperson with Yellow…
