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Farmers Weekly Pig farmers should avoid viewing feed efficiency as simply feed conversion ratio and consider how it is affected by health, mortality, and wider inefficiencies through the whole production chain. By evaluating…

Farmers Weekly Earlier this year, the Labour Party pledged that, if elected, it would seek to introduce a Right to Roam Act in England. In a move that would match the legislation already in place in Scotland, such an act…

Farmers Weekly John Watkins is using granular nitrogen for his base-line crop nutrition and topping up with a foliar treatment later in the season. He farms with a clear focus on the environment in an area of Herefordshire…

Farmers Weekly Poultrykeepers large and small are being reminded to keep biosecurity and cleanliness “at the forefront of their minds”, as Defra lifts the avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) across Great Britain. The move…

Farmers Weekly Farm businesses in England will soon be able to apply for a share of £5m in funding for projects that support farm resilience and benefit sustainable food production. The Farming Innovation Investor Partnership…

Farmers Weekly Arable farmers are being sought for a new Defra-funded project which aims to develop alternative solutions for slug control. Since metaldehyde pellets were banned from April 2022, ferric phosphate pellets are…

Farmers Weekly The many ways in which regenerative arable farming practices are starting to be rewarded financially were a feature of this year’s Groundswell event. With supply chains responding to consumer expectations and…

Farmers Weekly A mandatory, government-led approach paid for by the Treasury is the preferred option among farmers for cattle TB vaccination, according to new research. The findings of the Defra-commissioned study (pdf),…