Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Preventing disease and adopting treatment strategies based on data has helped one Lancashire hill farm to boost scanning rates and improve flock health.

After a difficult autumn, there is an understandable tendency to drill earlier next season to guarantee wheat area. But what impact could this have on weed control?

A series of recent roadshows in Scotland discussed the challenges facing beef farmers and how to overcome them.

With harvest time bringing a range of safety risks, Farmers Guide offers some advice on keeping yourself safe.

The new flagship New Holland CR11 combine, previewed at Agritechnica 2023, was present at the official harvest 2024 launch of the new design.

Manufacturer Richard Western says investing in its nurse tank NT50 should be an easy decision for those harvesting silage or carrying out umbilical slurry work. Government grants are also available for 50m3 nurse tanks.

F&S Energy specialises in providing PPAs to the agricultural sector, aiming to provide a route to market for smaller independent energy producers.

A recent landmark conference saw industry experts give farmers advice on the routes into energy generation, storage, and transmission.

In 2024, family-run agricultural dealer and John Deere specialist Tuckwells is celebrating its 70th anniversary of trading, alongside the arrival of new combine models.

Net zero and innovation are commonly-heard buzzwords, but for agriculture to have a bright future, ‘education’ must be added to the list.

A bedding additive has allowed one dairy farm to reduce environmental mastitis, from over 25% of the herd affected to 6%.

After the withdrawal of BPS, George Kershaw introduced British White cattle to his farm, as part of their Countryside Stewardship scheme.