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Why Taking Risks is Crucial to Success in Farming
Why Taking Risks is Crucial to Success in Farming Farming is an industry that's always moving forward. Farmers are constantly looking for new ways to boost yields, improve quality, and increase profitability. But…
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 150: Food fraud triggers criminal inquiry
Farmers Weekly This week – a mass food fraud involving rotten and mislabelled meat has triggered a criminal investigation after being exposed by Farmers Weekly. The government tells farmers to use urea fertiliser sensibly –…
Wool and Wellness campaign promotes mental health in farming
Farmers Weekly Woolly hats in their hundreds have been gifted to farmers across England and Wales as part of a Farming Community Network (FCN) mental health campaign targeting rural communities. Knitted by volunteers in…
Red Tractor hits back after pollution claims
Farmers Weekly Farm assurance body Red Tractor has rejected claims in The Times newspaper that suggested it members “are more likely to pollute the environment”. Farms with Red Tractor assurance were singled out as some of…
Farmer Focus: Insufferable smugness and lots to ‘understand’
Farmers Weekly Continuing from my last report, February saw us crack on with spring oat drilling, but rain unfortunately stopped play with just three days to go. It’s not stopped raining since. I suppose rain was on the cards…
Opinion: We’re at the mercy of ‘vicissitudes’
Farmers Weekly Though I’ve never been one to hang onto the words of Michael Gove, one word he did like to use when talking about the challenges facing farmers was “vicissitudes”. It’s not a word you hear often, which is…
Crop Watch: Fieldwork backlog after monsoon March
Farmers Weekly A more settled spell of weather brings hope of catching up on the massive backlog of fieldwork that has built up during monsoon March. There is fertiliser to apply, overdue herbicide applications and T0s due…
Regenerative agriculture: What does the evidence say?
Farmers Weekly Regenerative farming systems go beyond the “feelgood factor” and are helping to reduce emissions, increase biodiversity, enhance public goods and deliver higher farm profits, according to research findings. At…
Seasonal labour needed as young farmer’s business grows
Farmers Weekly Matthew Nichols’ business continues to expand, with more contract spraying and liquid fertiliser work as well as a sizeable contract farming agreement on the horizon. His move to a regenerative system is…
Video: Sugar beet growers set for April rush to get crop drilled
Farmers Weekly Sugar beet growers are set to have a busy Easter as better forecast weather will see them trying to catch up on beet drilling, with only 5% of the national crop drilled in the wettest March in England for more…
