Author Posts: Farmers Guide
JAN 2025
Top tips for managing Lameness
25th December 2024
Provita Eurotech Ltd’s independent veterinary consultant Dr TB Barragry offers advice on foot hygiene and foot bathing, to get DD under control.
New Massey Ferguson tractor makes UK debut
24th December 2024
The new MF 5M builds on the success of the MF 5700 M series in the efficient small tractor sector.
Heat stress research gets further funding
23rd December 2024
Insights from the research will help develop tools for farmers to analyse the risk and impact of heat stress on-farm.
Ewe lambs top Beltex trade at Welshpool
23rd December 2024
Females peaked at 700gns on three occasions at the Merry Belles sale at Welshpool Livestock Sales’ principal centre on Thursday, 12th December 2024.
LAMMA 2025
WD-40 Specialist products to be showcased at LAMMA 2025
23rd December 2024
Visitors attending LAMMA 2025 will be able to sample the best industrial products that WD-40 has to offer.
LAMMA 2025
New seedbed preparation tool is FETF compliant
20th December 2024
With Fentech Agri having now fully integrated the Simtech product range, the focus for this year’s LAMMA stand will be on both Simtech seeders and Fentech Agri equipment.
LAMMA 2025
Finalists chosen for 2025 LAMMA Young Engineer Award
19th December 2024
In its fourth year of showcasing the best young engineering talent in the UK, the finalists of the 2025 award have been chosen by a team of expert judges.
LAMMA 2025
Knight to show new boom contour-following and nozzle tech at LAMMA
19th December 2024
Knight Farm Machinery is to use LAMMA 2025 to reveal innovative new boom contour-following technology designed to ensure greater levels of nozzle to crop/ground distance accuracy, for enhanced product efficacy, improved workrates and reduced risk of crop and boom damage.
LAMMA 2025
New Weeks trailer and simpler-spec spreaders
18th December 2024
Richard Western is responding to farmers’ cost constraints with a new simple-specification Weeks trailer and Delilah vertical beater manure spreader.
JAN 2025
Farm stays earn £35K per year, letting agency says
18th December 2024
As well as being the third-highest earning property type in 2023, farm stays have generated 13% more gross income than the average property in 2024, says Sykes Holiday Cottages.
JAN 2025
Bio-nutrients “more cost-effective than conventional fertiliser”
17th December 2024
Farm manager Piers Cowling found using bio-nutritional products maintained yields but saved money and protected soil health.
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How to protect your farm’s legacy from IHT changes
16th December 2024
Amid ongoing fears about changes to inheritance tax, chartered tax advisers and accounts, Tax Innovations, offers advice on what to do before April 2026.