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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…
Farmer Focus: Could kebabs point the way to marketing lamb?
Farmers Weekly Despite lamb being produced all over the UK and available all year round, this plentiful, sustainable, and largely environmentally friendly meat isn’t consumed as frequently as chicken, beef or pork. Why? I…
How to run a successful Open Farm Sunday event
Farmers Weekly Since Open Farm Sunday started in 2006, more than 2,000 farmers have welcomed almost three million visitors onto their farms. According to Linking Environment and Farming (Leaf), which runs the event, 96% of…
Productive farms offering scale and scope hit market
Farmers Weekly Several highly productive farms are about to hit the market, offering a wide range of cropping, livestock and diversification opportunities. The largest is Cedar Farm at Alderton, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. It…
Farmer grazes 2,500 sheep on cereal crops for disease control
Farmers Weekly Cotswold mixed farmer Ed Horton grazed 2,500 sheep on nothing but cereals and oilseed rape from December to March as part of his low-input arable system. Strategic sheep grazing is Mr Horton’s number-one…
Farmers Weekly meat sector clean-up campaign gains traction
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly’s Meat: Our Expectations campaign is gaining traction among regulators and industry, with two of its recommendations already under active consideration. The initiative, launched in the wake of…
