Farmers Weekly Farmers in England can sign up to a series of free business support webinars being delivered by the Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA). The first webinar, which will be an introduction to the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme and the Agricultural Transition Plan, takes place on 30…
Farmers Weekly The National Pig Association (NPA) is calling for farrowing crates to be phased out over a minimum of 30 years and for clarity on what systems will be allowed in the future. Speaking at the recent Pigs Tomorrow conference, Zoe Davies, NPA chief executive said the organisation had aske…
Farmers Weekly Numerous scientific studies have shown the benefits of using calf coats in the colder winter months. As well as improving weight gain in young calves that aren’t yet able to regulate their own body temperature, they can provide calves with more energy to fight off infection. But wit…
Farmers Weekly Visitor numbers to this year’s Balmoral Show on 22-25 September were well down on the 100,000 who normally attend the event over four days in May. But for the livestock and trade exhibitors, it was great to be back after 2020’s show was cancelled, and this year’s May date postpo…
Farmers Weekly Wool prices have risen by more than a third since the start of the season, pointing to farmers seeing an improved return when they get their payment next year for the 2021 clip. The fifth British Wool sale of the 2021 season took place last week and saw 1.2m kg of wool sold…
Farmers Weekly British food prices will have to rise to cover soaring wages for farm workers, industry leaders have warned. The warning came as a Lincolnshire-based field veg grower hit the headlines for offering £30/hour amid the post-Brexit labour shortage. TH Clements and Son, near Boston, adver…
Farmers Weekly Agrespect’s “Sassy Ferguson” tractor stole the show at Birmingham Pride this weekend as farmers took to the streets to celebrate and support diversity in the countryside. Thousands of people gathered to cheer on the colourful machine which joined the parade through the city cent…
Farmers Weekly The farming community has paid tribute to a young dairy farmworker who lost her life in a quad bike accident on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The 21-year-old victim, named locally as Sam Bunting, died following the accident at Gerranton Farm, near Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire, on …
Farmers Weekly A fresh design, new interface and larger hopper options have been rolled out across several of Horsch’s popular drill ranges. The 3m, 4m and 6m Pronto models have greater seed carrying capacity, now topping out at 4,000 litres on seed-only versions and 5,000 litres for those with a…
Farmers Weekly A trailed model has joined Krone’s wrapper range, offering greater capacity The 165T runs offset to the tractor in the field, allowing the operator to pull alongside the bales, rather than reversing up to them as before. The new machine can handle round bales from 1m up to 1.65m dia…