Author Posts: Farmers Guide

With over eight out of 10 retailers experiencing crime in the past six months, farm shops are being offered security advice.

The government has announced a review to end unfair practices in the egg supply chain.

Like many rural businesses, Flanesford Priory in Herefordshire recognised the need to diversify and sought innovative ways to expand into tourism. To bring their vision to life, they decided to create a unique attraction – the Maize Maze.

With the British sugar beet campaign well and truly underway, many farmers and haulage companies are now transporting sugar beet to the factories. Keeping farmers and industry workers safe is a key topic right now – here are some important things to consider regarding trailer load safety and security.

Long-time Farmers Guide contributor, Michael Williams, died in late September. He had written regularly for this magazine for many years, and wrote his final machinery article for our January 2023 issue.

Fifth generation arable farmer Tristan Corney began looking at ways to make his 340-acre farm near Peterborough more sustainable, after realising that his conventional farming practices were not generating enough of a return. Adopting a new system allowing him to record data on the go has reaped a number of benefits for the farm…

As the weather turns, stock is being housed and winter rations formulated. Extra attention should be given to a smooth transition to reduce the risk of acidosis and the associated poor performance, experts say.

A Welsh hill farmer has planted 140 tea bushes around her farm in Powys, to see whether this high value crop could generate additional income for the business.

The Farmers’ Choir will perform at Perth Concert Hall in February, raising funds for Scottish agriculture charity RSABI and Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA).

With around 50% of all newly sown leys in the UK now thought to contain clover, growers are being reminded that a key tool for the successful establishment of clover leys is available once more.

The popularity of pick your own (PYO) pumpkin patches has prompted an insurance expert to warn against Halloween surprises of the unwelcome kind.

The supply of winter bean seed for this autumn’s drilling campaign has been secured after the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) made a successful request for a derogation on behalf of its member businesses in the certified seed sector.