New ‘roadmap’ from poultry processor to clean up River Wye
Farmers Weekly One of Britain’s largest poultry processors is to help its growers reduce any risk of phosphate run-off into the River Wye in a bold timetable of actions over the next two years. Avara, which has 120 supplying farms within the River Wye catchment, producing 160,000t of manure annually, wants more of its poultry […]
Farmers warned to protect fuel tanks as diesel thefts soar
Farmers Weekly Farmers are being urged to secure their farmyards and fortify their fuel storage after diesel thefts more than doubled throughout 2022. Rural insurer NFU Mutual has warned that, as the cost-of-living crisis continues and fuel prices remain inflated, farmers are becoming increasingly vulnerable to thefts. See also: Red diesel rule changes: HMRC spells out […]
Forage Aid issues plea to help two crisis-hit farmers
Farmers Weekly Farming charity Forage Aid has issued a call for help to source emergency forage for two farms in need. Andrew Ward, an arable farmer based in Lincolnshire and Forage Aid’s co-founder and chairman, has requested donations of straw, hay and silage to help the two farm businesses. Both farms – one in Cumbria […]
Amazon Prime ‘cuts ties’ with Clarkson after Meghan article
Farmers Weekly Amazon Prime has reportedly cut ties with Jeremy Clarkson after the presenter’s controversial column about Meghan Markle. The second series of Clarkson’s Farm will air on 10 February and series one will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Mr Clarkson suffered a huge backlash following remarks he made in his Sun […]
Opinion: CS scheme represents a lost opportunity
Farmers Weekly Northern Ireland-based Daniel Broderick has picked up the Lamma Young Engineer Award, gaining the support of the judges and the public vote for his ride-on cubicle cleaner, which he has spent the past nine years developing. The award is run in partnership with the Institution of Agricultural Engineers and showcased the work of […]
Young Engineer of Year praised for cubicle cleaner
Farmers Weekly Northern Ireland-based Daniel Broderick has picked up the Lamma Young Engineer Award, gaining the support of the judges and the public vote for his ride-on cubicle cleaner, which he has spent the past nine years developing. The award is run in partnership with the Institution of Agricultural Engineers and showcased the work of […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast: LAMMA 2023 farm machinery special
Farmers Weekly A Somerset beef farmer has criticised government red tape and paperwork for delays to pumping out water from his flood-ravaged fields. James Winslade, who runs West Yeo Farm, in Moorland, near Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels, said around three-quarters of his farm (around 240ha) is submerged in water, which is up to 4ft […]
Somerset farmer blasts EA for ‘slow response’ to flooding
Farmers Weekly A Somerset beef farmer has criticised government red tape and paperwork for delays to pumping out water from his flood-ravaged fields. James Winslade, who runs West Yeo Farm, in Moorland, near Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels, said around three-quarters of his farm (around 240ha) is submerged in water, which is up to 4ft […]