How tree planting provided benefits for one dairy farmer
Farmers Weekly Better farm productivity, as well as improving the environment, was behind Shropshire farmer Tim Downes’ decision to plant trees on his organic dairy farm. Milking 300 organic Friesian...
View Article9 reasons to plant trees on your land
Farmers Weekly There is a good chance that planting trees is not at the top of your farm to-do list. The cost of establishing saplings, understanding what to plant and where to plant them, knowing what...
View ArticleVideo: What to expect at Farmers Apprentice bootcamp
Farmers Weekly The third Farmers Apprentice competition is open for entries. Ten lucky people will have the opportunity to spend a week at Bishop Burton agricultural college, where they will put...
View ArticleThe £25,000 job you could win with Farmers Apprentice
Farmers Weekly Enter the 2016 Farmers Apprentice competition for your chance to win a £25,000, year-long internship with Farmcare, one of Britain’s leading farming business. We are asking 18- to...
View Article5 reasons to enter the 2016 Farmers Apprentice
Farmers Weekly The third Farmers Apprentice competition is open and ready for entries until April 30 2016. We are looking for bright, enthusiastic and highly motivated 18-25 year olds able to show...
View ArticleFarmers Apprentice: A high-octane, innovative internship
Farmers Weekly Starting out in the world of agriculture, it would be easy to think that life begins and ends in the field. One of the most exciting things about the Farmers Apprentice scheme is that...
View ArticleWhat UK farmers can learn from a French safety project
Farmers Weekly It is an issue which affects farming industries across Europe: compared with other employment sectors, agriculture remains one of the riskiest for people to work in. In Europe alone, the...
View ArticleFertile Minds: Don't miss out on free farming conference
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly, in association with NFU Mutual are running the one-day conference Fertile Minds for business-driven young UK farmers. Once again, 100-plus ambitious young people will...
View ArticleVideo: Farmers Apprentice 2016 bootcamp series begins
Farmers Weekly Back in July, 10 young farming hopefuls competed in Farmers Apprentice bootcamp – an intensive week packed with farming challenges – all aiming to walk away with a £25,000-a-year...
View ArticleWatch the first episode of Farmers Apprentice 2016
Farmers Weekly Over the next six weeks, you can watch our 10 young farming hopefuls battle it out for the title of Farmers Apprentice 2016. The first episode is available today (see below) and each new...
View ArticleFarmers Apprentice episode 2: The apprentices' first task
Farmers Weekly In episode two, the apprentices will gain an insight into what it means to be a modern UK arable farmer. In their teams, the apprentices receive advice from industry experts, work with...
View ArticleFarmers Apprentice 2016 episode 3: Tackling technology
Farmers Weekly In episode three our apprentices get the chance to work with some of the most exciting new technology being used in farming today. They test their abilities at operating advanced drones...
View ArticleFarmers Apprentice Episode 6: Connecting Food and Farming
Farmers Weekly It is day four of Farmers Apprentice 2016 and in this episode the finalists head off farm to work with the Co-op at the Great Yorkshire Show. The apprentices will be focussing on knowing...
View ArticleVideo: Highlights from Fertile Minds 2016
Farmers Weekly On 14 October, young farmers from across the UK gathered at Cumbria’s Rheged Centre to attend Fertile Minds 2016. The conference assembled industry experts and business professionals...
View ArticleVideo: Farmers Apprentice 2016 – winner revealed
Farmers Weekly Farmers Apprentice 2016 bootcamp has been an intensive week of challenges and rewards, late nights and early starts, teamwork and stiff competition. It pushed 10 young aspiring farmers...
View ArticleWatch live: Crop breeding and genetics interactive lecture
Farmers Weekly Tonight kicks off the first in a series of five expert-led events by Farmers Weekly, in association with Syngenta, and will be broadcast live on the Farmers Weekly YouTube channel. Our...
View ArticleWatch live: Arable Horizons soil science lecture
Farmers Weekly People from across UK agriculture will gather at Rothamsted Research Centre this evening (Thursday, 26 January) for the second in the Farmers Weekly series of Arable Horizons Interactive...
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