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Forfar livestock market set to close
Farmers Weekly Forfar market in Angus, Scotland, has announced it intends to cease auction sales due to reduced throughputs. Cattle numbers sold at the auction mart have been down by 30% so far this year, according to…
Huge spike in retail lamb sales at supermarkets
Farmers Weekly Supermarket chain Waitrose has seen sales of some British lamb products more than treble at its stores compared to the same time last year. Demand for British lamb at retail has been so high that Waitrose…
First Milk announces 3.4p/litre price cut for May
Farmers Weekly Farmer-owned dairy co-operative First Milk will drop its milk price by 3.4p/litre in May for a manufacturing standard litre. This will take its milk price to 39.29p/litre, including its member premium. Robert…
Advice on small-scale solar for lower farm energy costs
Farmers Weekly Whether for heating, ventilation, drying or cooling, the payback on a solar investment can be as low as four years if the alternative is a high-cost conventional commercial electricity supply. A six- to…
The farmers protecting their future with nature restoration
Farmers Weekly Like many farmers, Richard and John Pendlebury, of Yate Fold Farm near Bolton, Greater Manchester, found making an income from their family farm was no longer financially viable, due to rising costs and…
Farmer Focus: Rutted tramlines and no spring barley drilled
Farmers Weekly It’s turning out to be a tricky year again. If you add last November’s rain to March’s rain, it’s just below our average rainfall for the year. The consequences are rutted tramlines and not one acre of spring…
Feed barley looks ‘good value’ at £20/t discount to wheat
Farmers Weekly Curtailed demand for animal feed and little export interest is adding pressure to markets for feed barley and holding prices down. Old-crop barley demand is lacklustre for both domestic and export markets,…
Wildtrak X and Tremor added to new-look Ford Ranger line-up
Farmers Weekly Ford’s revamped Ranger line-up has gained a brace of new models, taking the total to seven. Both the Wildtrak X and Tremor will be specced for keener off-roading, with longer travel suspension and Bilstein’s…
How will price pressures affect fungicide decisions on farm?
Farmers Weekly Protecting winter wheat from key yield-robbing diseases during spring and summer is crucial for overall arable business profitability. But with grain prices dipping, hopefully temporarily, below £200/t at one…
Benefits of switching to cattle and virtual fencing
Farmers Weekly Virtual fencing technology is helping give livestock production a future on a north Devon farm with one of England’s steepest and most spectacular coastlines. David and Debbie Kennard, who farm with their son,…
