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Farmer Focus: Change is inevitable – just don’t give up
Farmers Weekly Change is inevitable. Unfortunately, it is with a sad heart that I write I am no longer managing Brewood Park Farm. The pain and anguish of losing the farm I have put my life and soul into is akin to losing another part of me. I feel I have been kicked and kicked since my […] The post Farmer Focus: Change is inevitable – just don’t give up app
Machinery expert’s tips on drilling cereals into cover crops
Farmers Weekly Cover crops have a valuable role in improving soil health, however, dense residues, reduced soil movement and increased pressure from pests like slugs can make autumn cereal establishment more challenging. Simon Weaving, sales director for Weaving Machinery, has worked with farmers across the globe as they adjust to low disturbance systems usi
5 top tips on getting the most from slurry on stubble
Farmers Weekly The post-harvest period is a crucial time for arable farmers putting nutrients back into soil before incorporating and drilling the next crop. However, applying slurry in hot conditions can reduce nutrient use efficiency (NUE) and see valuable nitrogen being lost if it is not applied accurately. Vogelsang’s agricultural sales lead, Andy Hayhur
Changes Arable Insights farmers are making for next season
Farmers Weekly Defra’s recently published Farming Roadmap hasn’t created any immediate impetus for change on our Arable Insights farmer panel’s farms, indeed most of the panel in the week following publication hadn’t thought it as an immediate priority to consider. Instead, changes on the farms for next season range from tweaking cropping in response to envi
Farmer Focus: Fuel price fall welcomed as harvest approaches
Farmers Weekly With winter barley about to receive its pre-harvest glyphosate, thoughts once again turn to how valuable this product is in terms of making crops harvest ready for ease of combining, reducing drying and improving long-term storage prospects. In addition to its harvest benefits for Northern growers, glyphosate is used UK-wide for those of us im
Harvest 2026: Light land crops struggle and some OSR wins
Farmers Weekly The summer heatwaves have seen the earliest start to harvest for many farmers across the UK, who are reporting variable results. While on lighter land yields and quality have struggled, elsewhere crops are looking very promising. See also: Early wheat harvest delivers mixed returns Kent John Smith, director at Weald Granary in Maidstone, is […
Grower reveals top wheat and OSR contenders for autumn 2026
Farmers Weekly Bedfordshire-based farms director Andrew Robinson of Heathcote Farms is a dedicated milling wheat grower so finds himself in a good position on variety choice, given the recent Group1 additions. He is likely to be growing Vibe, Arlington and Arnie for harvest 2027, while two candidates – potential breadmaker Melesie and feed wheat Checkmate –
Farmer Focus: We need both the magic and the science events
Farmers Weekly We are playing the harvest waiting game in Shimpling. Given the searing forecast, by the time you read this submission we should be immersed into our winter crops. Other news is that my neighbour’s farm came on the market for the first time in 300 years. My pioneering Scottish grandfather would be turning in his […] The post Farmer Focus: We n
Farmer Focus: Poor rural mobile signal adds to summer stress
Farmers Weekly Managing stress is challenging. Small things cause you to lose control. My trigger at the moment is rural phone signal. Every time I try to receive a phone call on the move and the signal drops out, I end up swearing at the heavens and my chest gets another notch tighter. Firstly, shame on the […] The post Farmer Focus: Poor rural mobile signa
Why new bread wheat is becoming millers’ favourite
Farmers Weekly Bedfordshire wheat grower Peter Sinnott is impressed with the yield and quality of new milling variety Vibe, and is looking to increase his area if results from the combine match his expectations this summer. Last season, a small area of 20ha yielded more than 10t/ha and easily met milling specifications. He is hoping for the […] The post Why
Oxfordshire farm expands to be self-sufficient for wheat
Farmers Weekly A fully integrated mixed farm business is the aim for Blanchard Farms in Oxfordshire, where planned growth in the arable enterprise will ensure self-sufficiency, keep costs down and support its long-term direction. With arable, pigs and beef across 730ha of owned and tenanted land, the livestock enterprises’ high straw demand and feed requirem
Relay cropping: What it is and how it might work in the UK
Farmers Weekly Relay cropping, where a grower plants a second crop into a field before the first crop is harvested, has gained niche popularity in the US as an alternative to double-cropping soya beans. In the US version, promoted on social media by Indiana grower Jason Mauck, soya beans are planted in the spring between strips of […] The post Relay cropping