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Farmers Weekly The UK sheep industry is turning to genetic selection to reduce methane emissions without negatively affecting important traits such as grazing ability. Over the next three years, a £2.9m initiative, funded by…

Farmers Weekly This year’s Cereals event was the best ever – I won a bottle of whisky! It is produced by the Bruichladdich distillery from Bere barley that is an ancient race of the crop only produced in tiny quantities in…

Farmers Weekly I put on my favourite T-shirt and the jeans with the least rural aroma, then set off with the team on a three-hour round-trip to Bristol, just for a burger. As someone who takes sustainability seriously, this …

Farmers Weekly New soft-milling feed wheat variety Zealum is attracting interest from growers and merchants, especially in Scotland, as it shows better disease resistance and stiffer straw than old favourites Barrell and…

Farmers Weekly People are motivated by feelings, not facts, and dairy farmers need to use this to help cut mastitis rates in their herd. This is according to Danish dairy consultant Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen, who says humans…

Farmers Weekly Farm and rural leaders have set out their thoughts on how to tackle the inheritance tax risks which are acting as an obstacle to farmers entering more land into environmental commitments. A consultation was…

Farmers Weekly The long-running machinery innovation competition run by the Norfolk Farm Machinery Club (Normac) returned to last month’s Norfolk Show. Here are some of the highlights. See also: Farmer saves cash by 3D…