Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Rural properties and farmland in the UK offer a diverse range of opportunities and investments, with various sectors experiencing distinct cycles of growth and change. For farmers and landowners, understanding these trends is crucial for making informed decisions about their investments. Carter Jonas delves into the current state of the market across different sectors.

Farmers in England who are looking to adopt smaXtec’s cutting-edge animal health monitoring system, can now get 50% grant funding, through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024. 

Despite Wales being the most popular country in the UK for outdoor holidays, Welsh landowners are turning away from pop-up campsites – amid uncertainty over the future of Permitted Development Rights.

As spring grass arrives many dairy farmers are faced with a double challenge in managing cows’ health: sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) and grass staggers. David Bonsall, animal feed expert at Omya, offers a straightforward, cost-effective solution.

Experts from Ceres Rural, British Sugar and De Sangosse discussed the prospects for sugar beet this season and recommendations for herbicide programmes in a webinar hosted by UPL.

With applications opening for the 2024 Farming Equipment and Technology Fund, Stuart Wilkieson, technical sales engineer at Hydor has explained what applicants can receive from this grant and what they can put the funding towards.

Agrifac addresses the challenge of enhancing spray application efficiency through innovative features in its machines.

Tillage and seeding company Väderstad is introducing the new electronic system, WSX to Tempo F, Tempo V, and Tempo L in the summer of 2024. New features have been added to ensure accuracy in the field – including automatic seed singulation, active hydraulic row-unit downforce, and curve compensation.

Positioned as the “future of application technologies” by Hardi, the Hardi PulseSystem, available on the Delta Force boom on Aeon and Navigator, as well as the Twin boom on Aeon, stands out for its environmental impact reduction capabilities.

Thinking about long-term tractor hire? Weighing up the pros and cons of renting vs buying? Or never even considered hiring a tractor for your farm? Ashbrook Tractor Hire explains why more farming businesses are turning to tractor hire to keep their fleet productive.

Major wheat exporter stocks are already the lowest they have been for a decade, and the market appears to have very little risk premium factored in for any major weather issues.

An estate manager and leading experts from NIAB, ADAS, and SRUC have pinpointed plant health, application timing and mixing chemistry as the pivotal factors for achieving profitable disease control in wheat crops in the upcoming season.