3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (420+ words) MPs have demanded answers from animal health agencies over vaccine shortages, testing delays and the UK’s preparedness for the escalating bluetongue outbreak. See also: New bluetongue map shows where virus is most active Confirmed cases continue to rise, with figures…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (548+ words) Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best content from Farmers Weekly in the last seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF) and it’s all eyes on the wheat and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) A North of England Mule shearling sold in memory of 15-year-old Will Pedley has raised more than £7,000 for suicide prevention charity Papyrus. The ewe, Wilma, went under the hammer at Rugby Farmers Mart on Friday 28 August, exactly one year after…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (554+ words) Bovine TB cases in Scotland are increasing, with 31 new herd breakdowns recorded in the year to March 2026. Although herd prevalence remains low, at just 0.1%, and Scotland has retained its official TB-free status, this represents a 15% increase on the year. See…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (294+ words) Harvest has come and gone in a flash this year. Apart from oilseed rape, yields have been disappointing – particularly considering how promising things looked two months ago, before the drought and heat took their toll. I’m not even going to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) Welcome back to This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF), with feed wheat finally breaking the £200/t mark amid dwindling exports from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (498+ words) A backlog in bluetongue testing is leaving farmers waiting weeks for results, raising concerns over disease surveillance as BTV-3 spreads across Britain. More than 2,200 suspected cases are currently under investigation, while farmers and vets report waiting two to three weeks…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (326+ words) If in doubt, drench it. Not everyone says that, but we’ve all met someone who’s convinced a wormer can solve just about anything. As a 20-year-old first-generation farmer with my own pedigree Greyface Dartmoor flock and being an AMTRA SQP,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (619+ words) Hedgerows have a key role in supporting woodland biodiversity, but do not improve the connectivity between patches of woodland for insects, according to the latest findings from the Organic Research Centre. Blocks of woodland surrounded by hedgerows work well for…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (600+ words) Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here’s your markets (opens as PDF), with a pleasing bump in the liveweight lamb price…...