Scots farmers count the cost after major flooding
Farmers Weekly Farmers and crofters in Scotland are facing a serious losses and a lengthy clean up after heavy rainfall caused flooding across parts of the country, particularly in the north and west. Farmer Niall Shaw uploaded footage of dozens of silage bales being washed away down the River Array in Inverary over the weekend […]
Opinion: SFI puts farmers in better negotiating position
Farmers Weekly It’s a standard principle of negotiation that to get the best deal, you have to be prepared to walk away. Yet farmers have been fixated on producing food regardless of market conditions. A new grassroots campaign to achieve fair prices for farmers has just kicked off, asking the government to intervene. The irony […]
This Week in Farming: Awards, AHDB levy and Massey review
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to a special edition of This Week in Farming where, in addition to bringing you the latest news, we give you a rundown of this year’s Farmers Weekly Awards winners. It was another spectacular celebration of the best of the whole farming industry at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel this week, […]
Farmers plan blockades against supermarkets depots
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to a special edition of This Week in Farming where, in addition to bringing you the latest news, we give you a rundown of this year’s Farmers Weekly Awards winners. It was another spectacular celebration of the best of the whole farming industry at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel this week, […]
Cornish MP calls for independent review on Penwith SSSI
Farmers Weekly There’s been much talk this week about sunk cost fallacies – or why so often good money is thrown after bad. Economists have observed that once spending has begun on a project and can no longer be recovered, we are more likely to keep investing in it even if there is a high […]
Editor’s view: Levy board critics have job as tough as AHDB
Farmers Weekly There’s been much talk this week about sunk cost fallacies – or why so often good money is thrown after bad. Economists have observed that once spending has begun on a project and can no longer be recovered, we are more likely to keep investing in it even if there is a high […]
Farmers Weekly Awards 2023: Farmer of the Year
Farmers Weekly Husband and wife Craig and Claire Grant are the 2023 Farmers Weekly‘s Farmer of the Year – a credit to their innovative farming practices and remarkable work appetite. The couple are true pioneers within the farming industry. They designed the UK’s first split-feeding system for laying hens, were the first to calculate carbon […]
How measured soil carbon credits can replace BPS income
Farmers Weekly The first farm in the UK to sell measured soil carbon from arable land is on track to replace its Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) with carbon sales expected to contribute £200-300/ha a year at current sequestration rates. Blaston Estate in Leicestershire has worked with Ecometric, Indigro and Fisher German to measure the actual […]