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Farmers Weekly It hardly seems any time at all since my last article, which can only mean we’ve had a busy month. First-cut silage was taken on the 14 May in great conditions. That’s probably about a week earlier than usual…

Farmers Weekly It must be wedding season! Thanks to Finn for sending in this wonderful shot of his aunty and uncle’s wedding. The couple opted for four JCB Fastracs to transport the bride and bridesmaids to the church. See…

Farmers Weekly Potato planting might only have finished in the last week of May, but our Northern Arable Insights grower James Pick is still reasonably optimistic for the crop this season. “We were around four weeks behind…

Farmers Weekly Additional resources for farm inspections by the Environment Agency (EA) means that many farmers have already received letters to notify them that farms in their area may be visited. The advice-based nature of…

Farmers Weekly Some of the most recent advances in machinery and techniques, from unrolling big bales to managing manure, will be on display at the new Agri-innovation Centre at this month’s Royal Highland Show. Nine of the…

Farmers Weekly The enterprise that demands much of my time and certainly most of my cash is growing potatoes. I’m a bag-trade supplier by instinct, but a proportion of my crop usually ends up on supermarket shelves across the…

Farmers Weekly Britain’s Fittest Farmer judge and farming fitness guru Tom Kemp has completed a gruelling 20-hour rope climb to raise funds for the Farming Community Network (FCN). Completing the challenge from his family’s…

Farmers Weekly New brand, new product range – equipment manufacturer and distributor Lynx Engineering is supplying a selection of grass maintenance implements and other products from German company Duvelsdorf, a new name on…

Farmers Weekly Sun sun, glorious sun! What a difference a few weeks make, not only catching up with jobs, but to the general mood and motivation of getting it all done. This sun must also be doing the power of good to our…