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Farmers Guardian podcast: TikTok star Farmer Will - 'we need to get farming taught in schools'

Podcasts

Farmers Guardian podcast: TikTok star Farmer Will - 'we need to get farming taught in schools'

clock 28 December 2023 • 1 min read
EU climbdown averts UK biofuel disruption

Arable

EU climbdown averts UK biofuel disruption

Intense lobbying from farming groups and governments sees bloc back UK assurance schemes

clock 28 December 2023 • 2 min read
SlurryKat extend trailing shoe range

Machinery

SlurryKat extend trailing shoe range

et for its return to LAMMA in 2024, SlurryKat has launched new additions to its Farmline trailing shoe

clock 28 December 2023 • 1 min read
Animal health to underpin livestock sector in achieving net zero

Livestock

Animal health to underpin livestock sector in achieving net zero

Animal health and welfare has been identified by the Moredun Research Institute as key to the livestock sector achieving its net zero targets, with emphasis on improved reproductive performance and control of endemic diseases

clock 28 December 2023 • 5 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Ben Read: "Knowing I might never be able to go back to farming completely destroyed me"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Ben Read: "Knowing I might never be able to go back to farming completely destroyed me"

Ben Read, 22, is a sheep farmer from Maidstone in Kent

clock 28 December 2023 • 3 min read
Record breakers and sale toppers from 2023

Shows & Sales

Record breakers and sale toppers from 2023

Farmers Guardian looks back a some of the highlights from sale rings around the UK over the year

clock 27 December 2023 • 3 min read
New consortium aims to tackle reliance on soy imports

Arable

New consortium aims to tackle reliance on soy imports

International group wil drive production of soybean, lupin, pea, lentil, bean and clover to address climate and biodiversity crises

clock 27 December 2023 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Leighton Snelgrove: "Farming is an arduous task where you have to be a bookkeeper, a vet, a midwife, an agronomist and so much more"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Leighton Snelgrove: "Farming is an arduous task where you have to be a bookkeeper, a vet, a midwife, an agronomist and so much more"

Leighton Snelgrove, 24, is a beef and sheep farmer from Nutley in Sussex.

clock 27 December 2023 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Calum Smith: "I wake up every morning to make them proud of me"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Calum Smith: "I wake up every morning to make them proud of me"

Calum Smith, 28, from Grantown-on-Spey in Moray is a beef farmer

clock 26 December 2023 • 3 min read
Early disease suppression opportunity for potato seed

Arable

Early disease suppression opportunity for potato seed

Seed potato producers are urged to treat disease-susceptible stocks with a fungicide during the first grading window

clock 26 December 2023 • 2 min read