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🗣️ “Politicised news stories that pit farmers against environmentalists are so boring and un-nuanced.“
Marching through London next to a life-size can of tuna and papier-mâché tree while proudly wearing my Soil Association “Worms Worms Worms” T-shirt is not
📸 Mia Halliday from Castle Rock School in Leicestershire wowed her fellow pupils as she rocked up to her year 11 prom in a Quadtrac 620!
Thought that going to your high school prom these days meant being chauffeured to the venue in a limousine? Think again. Mia Halliday from Castle Rock
🗣️ “We went from fantastic grass growing conditions in May, to disappointing conditions in mid-June. We suffered close to a fortnight of cold winds.”
We started harvesting silage in early June. We put two fields into the pit. The red clover from last year’s reseedings was in more of an advanced stage
🤩 Young Farmer Amy Swann with her prom ride!
🐄 Sheep are making way for suckler cows to minimise winter feed requirements and pay the mortgage on an organic grassland farm.
READ MORE: https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/grassland-management/organic-grassland-farm-seeks-73-ha-profit-lift-with-less-output
🤩 Imogen Yeldham’s prom transport is a beauty!
❌ NatWest’s digital banking team is implementing a number of changes to its greenhouse gas tracker app, after complaints that it was encouraging customers to adopt a vegan lifestyle.
NatWest’s digital banking team is implementing a number of changes to its greenhouse gas tracker app, after complaints that it was encouraging customers
We’re LOVING all these prom pictures! 🤩🤩
👏🏽 Market gardeners Tracy Russell and David Newman from Buckinghamshire have been crowned “soil farmers of the year” at this week’s Groundswell.
Market gardeners Tracy Russell and David Newman from Buckinghamshire have been crowned “soil farmers of the year” at this week’s Groundswell event in
Ethan Langley’s prom transport is 🤩🤩🤩🤩
🏡 Two farm cottages may be available separately.
Arable and mixed farms are joining the market as the summer shapes up to be a busy one.
🔵 Katie Gittins nailed her prom transport!
🏆 Full list of finalists: https://ow.ly/QcN750SrAkq
⚠️ CONTRACTOR/FARMER NEEDED! ⚠️
DETAILS: https://ow.ly/Nbik50SrPs3
🍺 If you’re a British hops grower, Jeremy Clarkson and his Hawkstone beer brand would absolutely love to hear from you this summer!
🏡 Arable and mixed farms are joining the market as the summer shapes up to be a busy one!
DETAILS: https://ow.ly/WHEE50Srz4l
😠 Plans for the UK’s largest solar development in Lincolnshire have sparked significant controversy, with critics warning the project could devastate the county’s prime agricultural land and food security.
READ MORE: https://ow.ly/y47250SrP5q
🇬🇧 Former Wales and British & Irish Lions star Mike Phillips has, and always will, back British farming!
🆕 The winner of Farmers Weekly‘s Inventions Competition is now producing and selling quick-release mounting kits for in-cab control and precision farming display units.
The winner of Farmers Weekly's Inventions Competition is now producing and selling quick-release mounting kits for in-cab control...
Absolutely spot on Imogen! 👏👏👏
🗣️ "Of 148 cows that were due, we now have 150 live Stabiliser calves – including five sets of twins."
Calving has been finished for a few weeks, marking the easiest calving season I've ever experienced.
🟢 Tilly Davies from Dolau Young Farmers was keeping it green with JD for her prom ride!
🏡 Three of the latest UK farms on the market...
Arable and mixed farms are joining the market as the summer shapes up to be a busy one.
🔊 SOUND ON! 🔉
Archie How and his pals made sure they arrived at their school prom this week in some serious style!
🗣️ “As a young boy living in Birmingham and dreaming of getting into farming, I realised it was virtually impossible if you’re not from the right background.”
Sponsor: Lightsource bp
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, also known as The Black Farmer, has been nominated for our special Game Changers Award, which will be announced at Farmers Weekly
🤩 Willoughby MacGillivray might be the best dressed Young Farmer we’ve ever seen for a prom!
The farming community is brilliant! 🤩😍
With half of 2024 now complete, it is a good time to reflect on all of the incredible feats that farmers and the wider agricultural community...
🤩 The very best way to arrive to prom is via tractor, and Young Farmer Ava Tait knows it…
💷 NFU Mutual was served with court papers by a number of their policyholder members, claiming they are together owed millions of pounds.
NFU Mutual could be facing a bill stretching to millions of pounds for business interruption claims related to the Covid lockdown...
📱 We have a number of jobs across the UK waiting for farmers/contractors to complete on our new Farmo app.
DOWNLOAD: https://ow.ly/wvAO50SqNfm
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🔊 SOUND ON! 🔉 Archie How and his pals made sure they arrived at their school prom this week in some serious style!
🤩 The very best way to arrive to prom is via tractor, and Young Farmer Ava Tait knows it…
YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE! 😂😂😂😂 🎥 Ioan Humphreys
📱 We have contractors waiting on our new Farmo app to give you a quote for your jobs this summer! DOWNLOAD: https://shorturl.at/dfOgM
🗣️ “It is a good life, farming, if you enjoy it. I don’t enjoy anything else, I just enjoy farming.” FULL VIDEO: https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/90-and-counting-92-year-old-fred-camplings-farming-life
NO ENTRY 😂😂😂😂
🗣️ “I left school at 14, and I started working for my father and all I was paid was a pound a week.” It took seven weeks for 92-year-old farmer Fred Campling to save up for his very first bike… FULL VID: https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/90-and-counting-92-year-old-fred-camplings-farming-life
🗣️ 92-year-old Fred Campling: “They keep telling me to pack up, but I shan’t pack up. When I pack up, they’ll dig the hole for me.” He isn’t going anywhere yet. 🙌🏼💪🏽 FULL VIDEO: https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/90-and-counting-92-year-old-fred-camplings-farming-life
🗣️ “Supermarkets take too much out of it. Farmers are not getting paid enough for what they do.” 92-year-old farmer Fred Campling on farmers not getting a return for their investment into making food. WATCH: https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/90-and-counting-92-year-old-fred-camplings-farming-life
A VINTAGE DREAM! 🤩🤩🤩
John Deere 4320 in action! 🤩😍
A RETRO BEAUTYYY! 😍😍😍😍
🐶 Farmers in Dorset say dog attacks on sheep and cattle are a constant issue, with many NFU members reporting an alarming rise in incidents in the county.
THE PERFECT GENDER REVEAL! 👶🏼 🎥 Saskia Steinmann
🤔 Troubled by seasonal silage workers getting lost on long draws between field and clamp? Pottinger’s Harvest Assist app now has the solution, with navigation both to a field and back to the clamp via Google Maps. https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/grassland-maize/pottinger-harvest-assist-app-updates
Excited to watch dad! 😍🤩 🎥 Steph Keeble
Sheep farmer Marian Porter with one of the greatest rescues we’ve ever seen! 🤩 🎥 Gary Thornborrow
THE PERFECT DISGUISE. 😂😂😂😂 🎥 Lucy Jones
AN IMPRESSIVE RESCUE! 👏🏽 🎥 Laura Sutton
MINIATURE FARMING! 🤩🤩🤩 🎥 RC Favorit Funktionsmodellbau
