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6 tips for livestock farmers preparing for Red Tractor audit

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Few farmers look forward to their Red Tractor inspection, and many bemoan the bureaucracy surrounding it – especially when it is one of several audits carried out annually to comply with one set of standards or another. But if it must be done, better that it goes well.

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Farmer Focus: Does Red Tractor shambles reveal personal agendas?

Farmers Weekly

Good old Red Tractor (RT) sells us short to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). To have our union and our […] The post Farmer Focus: Does Red Tractor shambles reveal personal agendas?

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Sharing livestock machinery: Advice and options

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Justifying a new tractor or baler for a beef and sheep enterprise on a family farm is becoming increasingly hard as costs inflate to erode margins. The depreciation and power and machinery cost averaged more than £240 a cow in Quality Meat Scotland’s latest profitability report for upland suckler farms selling weaned calves.

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What’s up with all the food production plant closures?

Food Politics

At a glance across the country: Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, and ongoing industry consolidation.

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Krone tedder covers big ground behind small tractors

Real Agriculture

When it comes to forage production, tedders play a key role in quickly transforming green, freshly-mowed forage to a crop with consistent quality and moisture that’s ready to bale.

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Swedish firm develops wireless camera kit for remote sheds

Farmers Weekly

The FarmCam Flex kit can be used for security purposes or for monitoring livestock at sites previously unreachable without stringing ethernet cable hundreds of meters. Farmers Weekly On-farm surveillance specialist Luda.Farm has developed a new internet-based camera system that works without a hard-wired connection.

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Does an electric tractor have a place on your farm?

Western FarmPress

Fendt’s new e100 tractor won’t be available in North America until 2025, but its small size and quiet ride might be just right for feeding bales and working around livestock.

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