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Farmers Weekly Buyers of He-Va’s Combi-Disc cultivator now have the option of 15mm-wide, ultra-low disturbance Stealth legs as an alternative to the standard 25mm fitment. To further reduce soil movement and minimise the risk…

Farmers Weekly Both Corteva and Syngenta are offering growers biological products aimed at fixing nitrogen from the air for crops to use. While both can help farmers raise yields or trim their nitrogen fertiliser rates, a key…

Farmers Weekly Northumberland farmer John Goodfellow has unveiled another iteration of his novel Poacher Block. The 4m-wide reinforced concrete barricade is designed to straddle a gateway, with its strategically positioned…

Farmers Weekly The price of wheat is dropping like a stone. This certainly puts fungicide spend under scrutiny, especially when you look at the cost of purchased nitrogen compared to its current price. The most disappointing…

Farmers Weekly Increasing numbers of poultry farmers are being driven out of the industry by high energy costs and a growing regulatory burden, according to NFU president Minette Batters. The union has been pushing for…

Farmers Weekly Lambs most tolerant to worm burdens could have a 10-day weight gain advantage over less tolerant ones, a pilot study has shown. The study, Breeding for tolerance to worms for the future of sheep farming in…

Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to another This Week in Farming, your bulletin of the best content from the Farmers Weekly website. Here are five of the biggest topics that have been driving the conversation in the farming…

Farmers Weekly Four fully autonomous robots manufactured by Dutch robotic firm AgXeed have been sold to the UK market, ready for on-farm delivery next month. The tracked AgXeed AgBot 5.115T2 was on display at Cereals 2023…