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First Milk receives King’s award for enterprise
Farmers Weekly Farmer-owned dairy co-operative First Milk has been awarded the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise, ahead of the coronation on 6 May. It is one of 148 UK business which have received the award this year…
Dairy farmer to sell home-built GPS and nutrient mapping tool
Farmers Weekly Uninspired by the array of off-the-shelf tractor guidance systems, County Tyrone dairy farmer Andrew Wright set about building one to suit his own requirements. A key reason for him going it alone was the…
Escaped bull shot dead by armed police in Cheshire
Farmers Weekly Police marksmen shot and killed a bull on the loose after it escaped from a farm in Cheshire. Residents were warned to stay indoors after the agitated animal was “charging at people” in Wells Avenue,…
Paccar takes $600M pretax charge related to European price fixing
Paccar Inc. will take a $600 million pretax charge — $446 million after taxes — against first-quarter earnings due to settlements related to a European price-fixing case in 2016. The Bellevue, Washington-based truck…
‘State of Freight’ for April: Overcapacity, weak spot rates
FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller described the rest-of-the-year outlook for the freight environment as “uncertain” during Thursday’s “State of Freight” webinar for April. “I have heard a lot of arguments about folks…
Price cap on Russian crude could soon face its biggest test
Western price caps on Russian exports coincide with steep discounts on Russian crude and diesel — but not because of the caps themselves. There are fewer buyers of Russia’s exports, with the EU, U.S., U.K. and Australia…
Union Pacific’s outlook for 2023 doesn’t include a recession
Union Pacific sees numerous macroeconomic headwinds in 2023. A recession is not among them, officials said during the railroad’s first-quarter 2023 earnings call. “We do not have planned in a recession. A recession would be…
Knight-Swift resets expectations for 2023 after rough Q1
The nation’s largest truckload carrier, Knight-Swift Transportation, missed first-quarter expectations and significantly reeled in its 2023 earnings outlook. Full-year earnings per share are now forecast in a range of $3.35…
Editor’s View: Time mulling time is well spent
Farmers Weekly How many hours should you spend farming in a typical week? I can already feel the hackles rising at this seemingly innocent question. “Until the job is done” is the first correct answer. For those with…
Will’s World: Welsh leaks, whingeing and whoppers
Farmers Weekly “We’re sorry for the delay, but we are experiencing higher than usual call volumes,” the robotic voice said to me down the line. I looked at my watch for the umpteenth time that hour, thinking of the many more…
