Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 121: Fertiliser markets and harvest round-up
Farmers Weekly In this episode, how a decision to shut down ammonia production will affect the market for UK fertiliser – and impact the livestock sector. A new buying group – started by a Darlington livestock farmer – could help your business beat farm input inflation and raise money for charity. See also: CF to […]
Opinion: Beware ‘fatalism’ when it comes to difficult weather
Farmers Weekly If you browse the back copies of Farmers Weekly, it quickly becomes apparent that farmers have never been far from a weather crisis. Photos of parched crops or flooded pasture pepper the pages right back to the start of Farmers Weekly in 1934. The cartoons pick up on the doom-laden mentality of the […]
Deadline looms for first stage of NI soil nutrient scheme
Farmers Weekly Farmers in the south-east of Northern Ireland (NI) have less than 72 hours to register for the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS). This is a new £45m scheme which aims to help NI farmers reduce pollution from run-off and erosion and improve their economic and environmental sustainability. It will enable farmers to optimise […]
This Week in Farming: Off-roaders, lamb and fertiliser
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your round-up of the best content on the Farmers Weekly website in the past seven days. Here’s a selection of our best content that you may have missed, as well as a look ahead to what’s coming up in this week’s Farmers Weekly podcast. Off-roader’s […]
Opinion: New prime minister must put rocket up Defra’s backside
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your round-up of the best content on the Farmers Weekly website in the past seven days. Here’s a selection of our best content that you may have missed, as well as a look ahead to what’s coming up in this week’s Farmers Weekly podcast. Off-roader’s […]
Editor’s view: New PM must save economy to preserve farming
Farmers Weekly The non-stop stories in the past weeks about the impending pain of energy price hikes would have had a desensitising effect by now were they not so serious. At one point this week, gas prices jumped by another 10%. That single spike alone was roughly equal to the total pre-crisis price of gas. […]
Practical and financial barriers hinder beef sector’s net zero aims
Farmers Weekly A dairy farmer who dedicated his life to working with his cows, his family and watching his beloved Stoke City FC, has been given a fitting send-off. George Brookes died, aged 85, on 31 July and more than 300 friends, well-wishers and family members attended his funeral at St Lawrence’s Church, Bramshall, Staffordshire, […]
Dairy farmer taken on final tractor ride ‘to see his cows’
Farmers Weekly A dairy farmer who dedicated his life to his family, his beloved Stoke City FC and working with his cows has been given a fitting send-off. George Brookes died, aged 85, on 31 July and more than 300 friends, well-wishers and family members attended his funeral at St Lawrence’s Church, Bramshall, Staffordshire, on […]