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Respected Farmers Guide contributor, Mike Williams, is hanging up his Power on the Land hat after many years. Here, Mike reflects on his decades spent as a machinery journalist.

It is very important to have your machines inspected carefully and professionally before and after the season to guarantee their maximum potential, says Case IH.

As soil sulphur concentrations have declined, with over 90% of UK soils now deficient, awareness has grown of the need to apply this vital nutrient to grassland and forage crops.

A-Plan Rural have launched a Rural Community blog, allowing farmers across the UK to share their experiences of working in the industry.

The Agricultural Engineers Association has reported that for the second month in a row, the number of tractors registered in the UK was significantly higher than in the same month last year.

Two leading livestock vets are urging farmers to vaccinate their livestock this winter for clostridial diseases as more animals are outwintered and vaccine boosters missed.

Agri Industry Solutions (known as AIS – part of the long established TWS Group) are based in Suffolk and are the UK importers for the SV Group (Schuitemaker & Veenhuis brands) together with Perard agricultural equipment.

A total budget of £238m will be available for direct payments to farmers in Wales in 2023, the same level provided over the past three years, the minister for rural affairs Lesley Griffiths confirmed today.

Five finalists have been announced for the 2022 NMR RABDF Gold Cup award, including two dairy businesses in Scotland and three from the south and southwest of England.

The Disease? Not On My Farm! initiative encourages farmers to take a preventative rather than reactive approach to animal health. During a recent roundtable, the campaign’s farm ambassadors considered the latest developments in the livestock sector and how industry recommendations are being implemented within their herds and flocks.

Farmers should take extra care when transitioning between different silage cuts this winter to ensure milk yield and fertility aren’t compromised.  

With British farms continually squeezed by high input costs and low prices, selling ready-pasteurised milk straight to the consumer can substantially increase farm profits, according to Batchpasteuriser.com.