Author Posts: Farmers Guide

A new children’s story book developed by The Farming Community Network (FCN) and New Zealand author Pauline McLeod will help children in rural communities develop vital resilience skills and a positive attitude towards change.

The long-awaited Farming Equipment and Technology grants are finally here, so we spoke to Ben Willcox from Shropshire-based Mastek Engineering for an overview of the company’s range of machinery, which is available for grant funding.

Following subdued seasonal celebrations last year due to Covid, AHDB insight analysts have taken a look at what this year’s festivities could mean for red meat and dairy, how Yuletide food will be impacted by supply issues and whether 2020 trends will remain.

Each month, Farmers Guide’s vintage machinery expert Henry Brown looks back at the production history of classic farm machinery – for this month he explores the intricate history of Ferrari tractors.

Waitrose and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have come together to develop an award-winning app. The collaboration new mobile application will help Waitrose farmers assess and begin to understand the emotional wellbeing of their farm animals. 

A new campaign launched this week by The Farming Community Network (FCN) charity encourages people across farming and agriculture to recognise the people in their lives that help to support them during difficult times by asking them one simple question: ‘Who’s Your Julie?’.

The debate on farrowing crates has been ongoing for some time, with several dates for a ban having been proposed, despite producers’ concerns over the cost implications of the change to practice.

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging people to prepare for high winds this weekend after the Met Office issued a Yellow weather warning for wind across most of the UK.

Favourable drilling conditions and strong prices have supported an increase in winter cropping, according to AHDB’s Early Bird Survey. However, high input costs may have limited further rises.

Case IH has announced new service packages as part of its continued dedication to customer service, and keeping its customers’ machines in the field.

Agronomy firm Hutchinsons is urging growers to push on carefully with follow-up grassweed herbicide treatments as long as conditions allow this autumn, rather than risk delaying control until the spring.

Forty-two-year-old farmer Jonathan Willis thanked the emergency services and Addenbrooke’s Hospital surgical teams who saved him last year, after he dodged death by mere millimetres when he was accidentally impaled by a forklift tine.