Cereals 2013 trial plots preview
Add to EJ Playlist A preview of some of the key crop plots and sprays and sprayers area ahead of this year's Cereals event. |
NFU vice president on bovine TB and the badger cull
Add to EJ Playlist NFU vice president Adam Quinney explains why the NFU believes a badger cull is needed now to control the disease |
Beef farmer opens farm doors to show bovine TB devastation
Add to EJ Playlist Beef farmer David Barton opens his farm doors to show councillors the devastation bovine TB has caused. |
Heston Blumenthal backs British farmers
Add to EJ Playlist Speaking at the Princes Countryside Fund charity clay pigeon shooting event, celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal outlined why he was supporting British farmers and British produce |
Scientists seek answers to sugar beet crop failure
Add to EJ Playlist Scientists seek answers to sugar beet crop failure |
Crop Doctor
Add to EJ Playlist Farmers Weekly and leading industry experts took to the air in the Crop Doctor helicopter to assess wheat disease risk across the country. |
Pig and Poultry Live round-up
Add to EJ Playlist Poultry World reporter Jake Davies reports from the Pig and Poultry Live conference and show. |
Cereals 2013 preview: Strip till drilling
Add to EJ Playlist Farmers Weekly's machinery editor looks ahead at some of the kit that will be featured at Cereals 2013 |
Cereals 2013 preview: Telehandlers
Add to EJ Playlist Farmers Weekly's machinery editor takes a look at some of the telehandlers which will be on show at Cereals 2013. |
Cereals 2013 preview: Combine tracks
Add to EJ Playlist Farmers Weekly's machinery editor looks at combine tracks which will feature at Cereals 2013. |
Sugar beet seed 'passed strict tests'
Add to EJ Playlist Sugar beet seed that emerged erratically this spring underwent rigorous germination tests before it was sold to farmers, says processing Germains company. |
Legal action threat over sugar beet
Add to EJ Playlist Growers with poor sugar beet crops in eastern England are taking legal advice over the issue. They want to know why some crops failed, forcing them to redrill beet and face reduced yields. |
YFC AGM 2013: Cheerleading final
Add to EJ Playlist See the contestants from the Cheerleading Competiton final at the YFC AGM 2013 |
YFC AGM 2013: Ballroom Dancing Highlights
Add to EJ Playlist See the Ballroom Dancing highlights from the YFC AGM 2013 and the winners, Bakewell Young Farmers' Club. |
Young Farmers AGM 2013: Where's Wally fancy dress
Add to EJ Playlist Day two of the YFC AGM saw hundreds of young farmers dressing up in Where's Wally-themed fancy dress. Farmers Weekly went to Blackpool's Winter Gardens to track down the elusive Wally, but there seemed to be some confusion about exactly |
Matt Baker on the end of his Young Farmers presidency
Add to EJ Playlist Farmers Weekly's Robyn Vinter talks to NFYFC president Matt Baker as he prepares to step down. |
Fears over 'erratic' sugar beet crops
Add to EJ Playlist Concern is growing over this year's sugar beet crop - with erratic emergence on eastern region farms.Growers are being urged to assess crops on a field-by-field basis, and redrill as soon as possible where necessary. |
How Poultry World is made
Add to EJ Playlist Poultry reporter Jake Davies goes behind the scenes of Poultry World to show how the magazine is made. |
Bovine TB rules hit home on farm
Add to EJ Playlist New rules to combat bovine TB are making it more difficult for some farmers wanting to move livestock from field to field. Ending an exemption on pre-movement testing last year means livestock producers must now check cattle for the disease whereas before they didn't have to. Industry leaders and the government believe the rules are a price worth paying in the battle against bovine TB. But some farmers are not so sure. |
Crop Watch: Patrick Stephenson examines a crop of winter barley
Add to EJ Playlist Crop Watch agronomist Patrick Stephenson looks at a crop of Cassia winter barley and assesses its disease status. |
Handley expects 'flurry' of milk price rises
Add to EJ Playlist Milk buyers are on the verge of announcing a series of milk price rises to farmers, believes dairy campaigner David Handley. Farmers could look forward to two or three milk price announcements over the coming days, said the Farmers For Action chairman. Mr Handley was speaking to Farmers Weekly after hundreds of farmers attended a dairy crisis meeting at Holsworthy, Devon, on Wednesday (24 April). Farmers have warned that they will return to protests unless talks with processors and retailers deliver a better deal for producers. |
Dairy farmers threaten protests if talks fail
Add to EJ Playlist Protests over milk prices will be stepped up if talks fail to deliver a better deal, farmers have warned. A crisis meeting was attended by more than 400 farmers and members of the supply industry attended at Holsworthy, Devon, on Wednesday (24 April). Dairy farmers are still not getting a fair return for the risk and work involved in producing milk, the meeting was told. Farmers at the meeting said they were not looking for an increase in the price of dairy products. Instead they wanted a fairer share of the retail margin. |
Crisis meeting called by West Country dairy farmers
Add to EJ Playlist A crisis meeting has been called by West Country dairy farmers who say low milk prices are driving them out of business. Farmers say they are getting an unfair return for the risk and work involved in producing milk for processors and retailers. Farmers For Action chairman David Handley is due to address the meeting and attendees will then decide on the next course of action. They say cheese processors are struggling with low margins but unable to speak out for fear of losing big contracts with supermarkets. Farmers from Cornwall to Somerset are expected to attend the crisis meeting at Holsworthy, Devon, on Wednesday (24 April). |
NFU challenges Tesco on farm profits
Add to EJ Playlist Farm leader Peter Kendall has called on Tesco to help bring profitability back to British farming and put more British food on British plates. NFU president Mr Kendall said Tesco had re-affirmed its pledges and state they were making progress on sourcing more food from closer to home. "The clear message from my members is the need to return a fair price for the food they produce," said Mr Kendall after an NFU Council meeting on Tuesday (23 April). "No-one is in this business to lose money and so my challenge to Tesco is this; British farming has got to be profitable. "The only way that farmers can make the long-term investments that are so desperately needed is by making a profit that allows for that reinvestment in their business. "For this to happen we must have trust and confidence that the commitments being offered by Tesco will deliver." |
Tesco 'determined' to deliver on horsemeat pledges
Add to EJ Playlist Tesco is delivering on its pledge to source more food closer to home, the retailer's commercial director Kevin Grace told farmers. Britain's biggest retailer has made a number of pledges in the wake of the scandal which saw beef products contaminated with horse meat. Mr Grace presented a progress report to an NFU Council meeting on Tuesday (23 April). The retail giant was determined to build better relationships with farmers, he said. Tesco was undertaking a review of its supply chain and how it works to increase transparency and reduce complexity, said Mr Grace. |
Cropwatch - David Martindale on pollen beetle
Add to EJ Playlist Yorkshire agronomist David Martindale discusses the risk from pollen beetle in this year's oilseed rape crops. |
Top tips on sclerotinia control in oilseed rape
Add to EJ Playlist Top tips on sclerotinia control in oilseed rape. |
Police top tips for beating rural crime
Add to EJ Playlist Sgt Cullis of the Basingstoke rural police force gives his top tips on preventing and detecting crime on your farm. |
Rural policing - 4x4 spot check
Add to EJ Playlist Farmer's Weekly reporter Robyn Vinter joins Basingstoke police for a night policing rural crime with Operation Intercept. |
Crop Watch: Pollen beetle control in a backward mid-Suffolk OSR crop
Add to EJ Playlist Agronomist Marion Self looks at pollen beetle control in a backward crop of oilseed rape and discusses the strategies should pest numbers soar in the warmer ... |
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