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Analysis: Is the UK ready for an 8000-cow dairy herd?
Plans to build Britain's biggest dairy unit in Lincolnshire might not be as far fetched as many people think. Johann Tasker reports.
Farmer Focus Arable: Beer costing six bags of spuds shocks Martin Lawrenson
An assurance scheme inspection can be stressful at the best of times, but in the last week of February we had four
Farmer Focus Arable: Harvest nearly complete in New Zealand for Bill Davey
Swan Vesta matches are still the best straw baler available. Stubble burning on these fine silt loams is extremely valuable to us
Roofs collapsed by snow prompt design rethink in Scotland
The design of farm buildings in Scotland is likely to change markedly after heavy snow this winter caused more than 3000 barns to collapse.
Video: Sprayer operator of the year looks to 2010 season
Push-button switching between different nozzles on the same spray line makes it easier for award-winning sprayer operator Andrew Myatt to get the ideal set-up for different tasks and conditions, as Peter Hill found out.
Farmer Focus Arable: School leavers more attracted to farming, says Robert Law
The farms here resemble the tundra. There is very little green evident with both grass and arable fields browned off by the freezing winds and heavy frosts
FWi launches video blog with 2009 FW Farmer of the Year
Farmers Weekly is launching a new blog which gives you an insight into the world of the 2009 FW Farmer of the Year Nick Padwick.
Farmer Focus Arable: Charlton adds apple trees to cropping mix
A new crop has been added at Poplar Farm: Apple trees. We planted 210 trees on a 3.4ha field in broadly-spaced lines
Controlled traffic farming: Sticking to the rules and making a profit
Cultural control and a bit of innovation combat grass weeds on a Nottinghamshire farm starting controlled traffic farming.
Become the 'face' of British food and farming
If you've got a face that sums up all that's best about Britain's food and farming industries, then we want to hear from you.
Farmer Focus Livestock: Jolyon Higgs is increasing ewe rations
At Cwmfron all ewes have had their pre-lambing dose of eight in one vaccine
Farmer Focus Livestock: Mathew Cole is on tenterhooks before lambing
Not much has changed since my last contribution. My leg is healing well and with one week remaining before my cast is removed, I look forward to my freedom being restored
Rate doubled for potato herbicide Retro
A new approval for the contact herbicide Retro means potato growers can use double the rate this season
Farmer Focus Livestock: Tom Rawson sets up dairy in Lincolnshire
After 12 months of planning we have at last started building work on a second dairy unit in north Lincolnshire
Farmer Focus Livestock: Freemantle takes tips from Japan
I am writing this piece from the 17th floor of a hotel in Nagoya, Japan. I have been touring the country as a guest of Chubo Shiryo (a Japanese version of BOCM Pauls). So far I have visited two farms and a restaurant owned by a pig farmer.
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