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Planning delays hold up slurry store development in Wales
Farmers Weekly Challenges with securing local authority planning permission is preventing Welsh farmers from building slurry stores to meet pollution control regulations. By 1 August 2024, farms will need to have sufficient…
Beef and sheep cost warnings with rents at £400/acre
Farmers Weekly Buoyant beef and sheep values mean that livestock producers are now regularly outbidding dairy farmers in parts of the UK in the quest to acquire rented ground. While land and rental prices are buoyant across…
Crowley and CN partner on new Mobile-Mexico ocean service
Maritime and logistics services company Crowley has teamed up with Canadian railway CN to provide integrated rail and ocean service between Mexico and the U.S. Midwest and Canada. The service includes Crowley’s new ocean…
Business Clinic: What are the insurance needs if I diversify?
Farmers Weekly Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Rory Gibson, regional director, Scotland, at A-Plan Rural Insurance, sets out the…
Farmer Focus: Relieved to be over TB test hurdle
Farmers Weekly Following last month’s TB test, I’m pleased to report we were all clear. However, I experienced my first incident of online “trolling” when my comments (made with tongue firmly in cheek) on badger control were…
How to ensure heifers calve down a second time
Farmers Weekly Data published earlier this year show nearly a fifth of first-time calvers do not reach a second lactation, which is costly from economic, genetic and environmental perspectives. They also suggest that…
8 simple 3m plain disc mower options for grass farmers
Farmers Weekly Mower conditioners might offer the benefit of bruising grass so that it dries out faster, but they’re heavier than their plain disc equivalents, more expensive and take more power to run. As a result,…
Organic no-till system saves US grower £1.6m in costs annually
Farmers Weekly Original headline: How US grower is farming green with organic no-till system Standfirst: Imagine the cost savings from passing through crops just three times in a season – that is what a US grower’s system is…
Daimler Unveils Freightliner Medium-Duty eM2 Truck
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Daimler Truck North America premiered the Freightliner eM2, the latest entry in its line of electric vehicles, during the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo May 2.
Truck makers take on EPA’s zero-emissions carbon rule
WASHINGTON — Truck manufacturers are pushing back hard against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to drastically cut carbon emissions from heavy trucks beginning in model year 2028. While fully electric,…
