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A recent social media survey of UK farmers has revealed some of the strangest and funniest things they have been asked by members of the public about what they do.

Some of the best farm retailers in the UK were crowned winners on Tuesday in an annual award ceremony hosted by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

The evaluation, carried out through Reading University, found that 17% of milking heifers exit the herd before calving down for a second time.

A PhD student from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) who has made sustainable rope from British wool has been named as one of the top 50 Women in Innovation in the UK.

A recent Irish study argues women in the farm sector have played a key role in the growth of agrotiurism by being more open to farm diversification and going beyond the “productivist” type of thinking in agriculture.

In the run up to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget announcement on 15th March, rural finance specialists urged the government to maintain green incentives for farming and thaw frozen tax thresholds to ease the strain of cost-of-living price hikes.

Early bird tickets for Cereals 2023 are now on sale, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Multiple System Atrophy Trust, a cause close to the host farmer’s heart.

Following a long period of recession, the figures are finally looking up for British free range egg producers, according to ADAS costings for March 2023, presented at this year’s BFREPA Roadshows. Farmers Guide staff writer Henrietta Szathmary attended the meeting in Wales on 2nd March to report on the discussion.

The 2022/23 season started quickly for many, and so has the spring. Warm February weather saw a quick return to field work, reflecting what happened at the start of the season. With harvest ending early, many took the opportunity to get winter wheat into the ground early.

With recent news suggesting that the UK is “falling behind” on its national carbon emission targets, the UK’s biggest dairy company Arla is calling on more young Brits to enter farming in the next decade to help the industry meet its carbon targets.

Understanding soil structure and nutrient content will be key to farmers meeting the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) ‘arable soils’ standard and supporting future crop growth, according to David Newton, technical manager at Timac Agro.

Emma Ledbury, who lost half of her dairy herd to TB last year, was overwhelmed by support from Clarkson’s Farm fans and resolved to donate some of the funds to the mental health charity RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution).