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Farmers Weekly Apollo Tyres is delivering on its plans to expand the Vredestein Traxion Optimall traction tyre range with a first tranche of six additional sizes. Among the newcomers, the VF 750/70 R44 is the tallest Traxion…

Farmers Weekly Late June/July is the time for rogueing wild oats and using our Bionalan weed cutter for those fields that are uneconomic to hand pull. In addition, our bi-crop of lentils and camelina grown for Hodmedods has…

Farmers Weekly Paperwork linked to farm assurance schemes, regulatory bodies and supply contracts is keeping some farmers in the office for more than 15 hours a week, with a new survey showing that the time and cost burdens…

Farmers Weekly Natural England has been accused of promoting an “anti-farming agenda”, with leading politicians calling for a review of its remit. Sir Robert Goodwill, chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…

Farmers Weekly After trialling a more extensive, once-a-day milking system with their 300-head flock, Tom and Helen Garland are preparing to return to twice-a-day milking to increase gross margin by more than £200 a ewe each…

Farmers Weekly The use of share farming agreements could rise as tighter gross margins and further cuts to direct subsidies in England make alternative arrangements such as contract farming less relevant. Share farming…

Farmers Weekly While the final word on the current season will become apparent after the combine has finished, some conclusions can already be drawn, and plans begin to be formalised. What might be changing on each of our…