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Rural connectivity still holding back farms, survey finds
Farmers Weekly Poor broadband and mobile connectivity are stifling growth in farm businesses, the NFU’s latest digital technology survey has revealed. Submitting VAT returns, GPS on tractors, talking to customers and much…
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 157: Was Farm to Fork summit just a PR stunt?
Farmers Weekly This week, Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper and Rishi Sunak pose for the cameras at No. 10 Downing Street. So was the Prime Minister’s Farm to Fork summit just a PR stunt? Or is the government finally taking…
Defra to make ‘enhanced offer’ to the uplands this summer
Farmers Weekly Defra is planning to make an “enhanced offer” to the uplands this summer as part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, but concerns have been raised that work on the revised standard is taking…
Arson suspected in £50,000 Northamptonshire barn blaze
Farmers Weekly A family-run beef farming enterprise is counting the cost of a large barn fire, which caused more than £50,000 worth of damage. The fire destroyed the structure and around 350 six-string Heston straw bales,…
Australian beef giant grows 13% to 433,000 cows
Farmers Weekly With the UK-Australia free-trade deal due to come into force on 31 May, more than doubling the permitted volume of Australian beef allowed into the UK, one of the country’s most powerful beef integrators is…
Farmer Focus: Wondering if myostatin spells trouble
Farmers Weekly Spring started well here in February and March, but April’s northerly winds slowed grass growth and delayed drilling. May has been warm and wet and crops have jumped. As they say “rain in May makes the hay”,…
3 highlights to see in the Cereals 2023 crop plots
Farmers Weekly This year’s Cereals event at the new site in Nottinghamshire features no less than 6ha of crop plots. Farmers Weekly picks out three highlights that should be on growers’ visit lists. See also: Why cover crops…
Take-all seed treatment benefits winter wheat, reveals trial
Farmers Weekly Independent research investigating the effects of a seed treatment to control take-all in winter wheat has yielded a clear benefit for growers in “at risk” situations. The trial carried out by independent crop…
On test: Fendt broadens Cargo range with T740 telehandler
Farmers Weekly The world is littered with gizmos that no one ever asked for, yet somehow became integral to our lives. Lightbulbs, vaccines, airplanes and personal computers were all dismissed before they became indispensable…
No seasonal uptick in May forces Landstar to lower guidance
Truck broker Landstar System lowered its second-quarter guidance in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday after the market closed. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company said both revenue and earnings…
