3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1276+ words) Hauling heavyweight tankers, spreaders and trailers across England’s northernmost counties requires a tractor that’s as adept at clocking up hours on tarmac as it is in the field. That is why Mark Tiplady of Tiplady Tanker Services has been gradually…...

1+ week, 4+ 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, 2+ day ago   (315+ words) Estates needing a six-seat UTV and wanting to “go green” with electric propulsion now have that opportunity with the introduction of just such a combination from Whanlong Electric Vehicle, commonly referred to as WEV. While other manufacturers offer diminutive two-seat,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (165+ words) Yamaha is to phase out its seldom-seen Viking and Wolverine RMax side-by-side vehicles in Europe by the end of next year. The Japanese maker cites “shifting European regulatory landscapes, restricted user environments and rising homologation demands” as the reasons for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (649+ words) Farmers and rural firearm users could face the biggest shake-up to gun licensing in a generation after the police watchdog called for a single national firearms licensing authority for England and Wales. A review by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary…...

3+ week, 3+ 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,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (251+ words) Growers who want a compact direct drill but have the tractor linkage capacity to lift a sizeable hopper and its contents are being catered for by Opico’s latest Simtech T-Sem seeder. The tine coulter-carrying TJG-300 is a mounted machine that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1589+ words) There are more electric options in Farmers Weekly’s 2026 Ultimate Guide to ATVs, as well as a trio of manufacturer brands new to the listing. Download a PDF of the 2026-27 ATV buyer’s guide Apart from dropping the “alloy wheels” version of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) Driving with the family in France recently I passed a farmer repairing a roof from a ladder raised up in a tractor front loader bucket. My immediate reaction was: He’s going to kill himself. He didn’t, and it got me…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (411+ words) Last month, I said we were making second-cut silage. That was optimistic: weeks of strong, hot winds have ripped all the moisture out of everything. Stock have eaten all that standing grass, clover and herbs and the ewes are now…...