Fears Sunak food security summit will not lead to meaningful action
Farmers Weekly Fears are growing that the long-awaited food security summit hosted by 10 Downing Street will be nothing but a talking shop. The event, which is due to be held on 16 May, will feature speeches and breakout sessions on key themes, but is not expected to be a policy reset moment. See […]
Gloomy and cold spring threatens to dent crop yields
Farmers Weekly Unseasonably dull and cold weather is threatening to dent yields and increase disease pressure on crops, with growers hoping for a late blast of spring sunshine. According to the Met Office, the number of sunshine hours from 1 March to 7 May is on average around 20% lower than normal across the UK […]
Farmers Weekly Ep 155: Overcoming low confidence in farming
Farmers Weekly In this episode, we examine how UK farmers are striving to overcome low confidence in the sector – caused in part by high input costs. Confidence among farmers is at a low ebb, according to the latest NFU survey – but some sectors are faring better than others. We look at the future […]
Opinion: It’s time again to become ‘dog and stick’ farmers
Farmers Weekly When I was about 10 years old I used to follow my father round the farm as he attended to his chores. Occasionally we would call on an old man, who had a farm in the village, for a chat and a cup of tea. He was a wise old bird who was […]
Ukrainian farmer modifies tractor to clear fields of mines
Farmers Weekly Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Kryvtsov has armour-plated one of his tractors using metal scavenged from damaged Russian military vehicles, and is using it to clear mines from arable fields ahead of planting. The tractor is controlled remotely by an operator sitting high up in a nearby digger bucket (at the top of the picture). […]
Opinion: Agriculture degrees – priceless or pointless?
Farmers Weekly Many years ago, at a local NFU evening meeting in County Durham, a farmer stated that the worst thing to happen for his region was grammar schools. When I asked why, he pointed out that they took the most able, led them to university, from which they never came back, leaving the region […]
Opinion: Good to have a king who knows where his food comes from
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best content from the FW website in the past seven days. Here are five farming topics to chew over during your Coronation weekend, when you’ve done with staring at enough actual jewels. Farmer confidence slumps Fresh survey data from the […]
Heck Sausages drop meat-free options
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, your weekly round-up of the best content from the FW website in the past seven days. Here are five farming topics to chew over during your Coronation weekend, when you’ve done with staring at enough actual jewels. Farmer confidence slumps Fresh survey data from the […]