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Farmers Weekly Defra is planning to make an “enhanced offer” to the uplands this summer as part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, but concerns have been raised that work on the revised standard is taking…

Farmers Weekly A family-run beef farming enterprise is counting the cost of a large barn fire, which caused more than £50,000 worth of damage. The fire destroyed the structure and around 350 six-string Heston straw bales,…

Farmers Weekly With the UK-Australia free-trade deal due to come into force on 31 May, more than doubling the permitted volume of Australian beef allowed into the UK, one of the country’s most powerful beef integrators is…

Farmers Weekly Spring started well here in February and March, but April’s northerly winds slowed grass growth and delayed drilling. May has been warm and wet and crops have jumped. As they say “rain in May makes the hay”,…

Farmers Weekly This year’s Cereals event at the new site in Nottinghamshire features no less than 6ha of crop plots. Farmers Weekly picks out three highlights that should be on growers’ visit lists. See also: Why cover crops…

Farmers Weekly Independent research investigating the effects of a seed treatment to control take-all in winter wheat has yielded a clear benefit for growers in “at  risk” situations. The trial carried out by independent crop…

Farmers Weekly The world is littered with gizmos that no one ever asked for, yet somehow became integral to our lives. Lightbulbs, vaccines, airplanes and personal computers were all dismissed before they became indispensable…