Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 1, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter barley harvest is nearly done, showing average yields and on-target specific weights, while oilseed rape is still coming in slowly. Now farmers are waiting for a weather window to get cracking on the winter wheat and spring barley.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 246

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 6, 2023

What can farmers learn about combine settings from machines running in neighbouring fields or those harvesting wheat in fields over 8,000 miles away in Australia? Read More What can farmers learn about combine settings from machines running in neighbouring fields or those harvesting wheat in fields over 8,000 miles away in Australia?

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farmers in southern and eastern England have been rounding up the winter barley harvest, with good specific weights and nitrogen content, although quality is slightly below last year. One consequence of the changeable weather is that grain dryers are being used more this year as moisture contents are higher.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 246

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A new AI- powered app by Brilliant Harvest is working to fill the communication gap that younger generation-led farm businesses are looking for. Read More A new AI- powered app by Brilliant Harvest is working to fill the communication gap that younger generation-led farm businesses are looking for.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Farming 278

Real Agriculture

JULY 25, 2024

Farmers are looking for two things during harvest: efficiency and a clean sample. Read More Farmers are looking for two things during harvest: efficiency and a clean sample. Read More Farmers are looking for two things during harvest: efficiency and a clean sample. Read More

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 285

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly It’s been a difficult stop-start harvest across the country, but how have our regular featured Arable Insights farmer panel fared?

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 279

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2024

For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Read More

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Marketing 299

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 18, 2024

New Holland is redesigning and restyling its line of forage harvesters. Up front, farmers will notice a renewed version of New Holland’s UltraFeed grass pickup on its range of FR forage harvesters for 2024. The UltraFeed will be available in working widths of 3.o, The UltraFeed will be available in working widths of 3.o,

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Forage Harvester Harvest Harvesting 264

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Read More Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Read More Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Why so early? Why so early?

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Seeding Harvester Harvest Harvesting 306

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Farmers Weekly Potato harvest is nearly complete for RG Abrey Farms in Norfolk, which has been pioneering an innovative camera-based system to drive yield and marketability across its potato crop.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Crop Yield 264

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Farmers Weekly Thank you to everyone who entered the 2023 Farmers Weekly Harvest Photography Competition. We had more than 1,600 brilliant entries that captured a real sense of this summer’s harvest. It was great to showcase the hard work carried out by our nation’s farmers.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting 264

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. Read More CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. Read More CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. In this report, CLAAS. In this report, CLAAS.

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Forage Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Weather conditions have drastically slowed harvest, with lodging difficulties delaying the combines. A sliver of light is that overall winter barley yields concluded well this season.

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Lodging Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Farmers Weekly Hotter summers and record temperatures are expected to become more commonplace for future harvests, therefore increasing the risk of farm fires. The […] The post Harvest heatwaves likely to lead to surge in farm fires appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Farming 274

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly Grain traders are reporting wide variations in grain qualities, with this harvest very much proving the luck of the draw, depending on local conditions. Even so, milling wheat and malting barley have had average to above-average yields this year.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 246

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Farmers Weekly With a return to rainy weather after 10 September, harvest slowed and was eventually completed on 3 October. This is not unusually late, but it felt like a long harvest, starting on 20 July, only a day later than last year.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Crop 258

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 5, 2023

Farmers Weekly This week’s Photo of the Week comes from 14-year-old aspiring photographer Noah, who has captured the harvest progress beautifully. His brothers and father run an agricultural contracting business and have recently taken on a 49ha (120-acre) farm.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 21, 2023

ha this harvest, the specific weight held up with […] The post Harvest 2023: New winter barley impresses in Yorkshire appeared first on Farmers Weekly The two-row feed variety yielded 8.5-9.5t/ha

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 244

Farmers Weekly

JULY 20, 2023

Farmers Weekly Over the past couple days combines have been re-emerging in the South, and first impressions are starting to be made on the harvest 2023 to come. Essex Harvest began on Monday (17 July) afternoon for Carl Juhl, farm manager at Little Farms in Saffron Walden, with Craft winter barley in at 16.7%

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 225

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from the AHDB’s 2023 oilseed rape Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest yielding oilseed rape varieties at your nearest trials site.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farming-mad Thomas, aged 9, is pictured following every minute of the harvest at his family farm in Norfolk on board a paddle board. See more: Submit your Harvest 2023 photos to our gallery […] The post Photo of the Day: Harvest paddling along nicely appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Family Farming 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 21, 2023

Farmers Weekly There’s still time to enter the Farmers Weekly annual harvest photo competition – giving one lucky winner the opportunity to see their work on the magazine’s front cover. Just head to our online Harvest 2023 gallery and follow the simple instructions. Uploading your pictures is quick and easy.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 28, 2023

Farmers Weekly July has been the wettest month since October last year for Lincolnshire grower Colin Chappell, who has battled harvest rainstorms including 92mm in 16 days, and lodged winter barley. We’ve been harvesting the winter barley for weeks now – cutting at every moment physically possible, and we’re still not finished.

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Lodging Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 12, 2023

Farmers Weekly One photo submitted to Farmers Weekly‘s Harvest 2023 photo gallery this week really hits the nail on the head when it comes to summarising the stop-start harvest that farmers have been contending with up and down the country.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Farming 246

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I can foresee that potato movement might be later than normal which is […] The post Harvest 2023: Potato yields hit by dry early summer appeared first on Farmers Weekly “In digs, yields look pleasing, although quality is a little variable in places, but nothing I’m majorly concerned about,” says Andrew. “I

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2023

Farmers Weekly This has been the harvest that nearly broke me. This year’s harvest had its potential decimated in the last six weeks of the growing season. Talk about stress: only in farming can you have so much disappointment after so much promise.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Farming 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 19, 2023

Farmers Weekly When we talk about the Harvest Festival ordinarily, indie bands and muddy camping aren’t usually what come to mind.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Farming 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 13, 2023

Farmers Weekly Combines might have got off the starting line early for some, but wet weather has blown in and it is certainly putting a damper on harvest. Farmers Weekly speaks to a range of growers in the South West to find out the latest harvest updates.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 227

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Farmers Weekly Harvest 2023 is now finished all bar 10ha of lentils, which look like they will be ready at the end of the month. Like last year, they were grown as a bi-crop with camelina, which is supposed to act as a pea-stick to hold them up for harvest.

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Lodging Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Farmers Weekly Somerset grower Charles Quick managed to catch a break between the rainstorms to make a start on winter wheat harvest, before this week’s forecast of heavy rain. 9t/ha and a specific weight of 74kg/hl […] The post Video: Snatch-and-go start to Somerset winter wheat harvest appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter wheat harvest started two weeks earlier than usual for Dorset farm manager Tom Matthews, making him one of the earliest growers in the UK to cut wheat this season.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly The wheat harvest picked up pace in the recent dry spell, with yields surprisingly good after such a wet and stormy July, although milling quality is a concern with proteins generally low and Hagbergs under pressure. Suffolk father-and-son growers Carl and Adam Driver have finished 155ha of Extase with a yield of 8.7-9.7t/ha,

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 243

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 25, 2023

What does black electrical tape have to do with protecting your state of mind at harvest? For Megz Reynolds, during a particularly bad harvest, covering up the yield monitor with it was a small boundary she set to help ease her mind and focus on the task at hand. It may seem small, but small things. It may seem small, but small things.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 244

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This year’s costly and difficult harvest has prompted farmers to consider different options to growing crops such as wheat and barley after these struggled […] The post Farmers turn to wildflowers and bird cover after costly harvest appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Crop 261

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 9, 2023

When looking at any pesticide label there should be three words that make you stop, think, and mark the calendar: pre-harvest interval. The pre-harvest interval — PHI — is the minimum time necessary between application of a product and cutting the crop, either by swathing or straight-cutting.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Farmers Weekly Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from 2023’s AHDB wheat Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding wheat varieties at your nearest trials site.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 232

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 7, 2023

Not without controversy, applying glyphosate prior to harvesting a crop can help with crop and weed dry-down. If done too early, while the plant is still moving nutrients up into the kernels, a pre-harvest pass can cause glyphosate residues in the resulting grain.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 246