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Opinion·JULY 11, 2026·Global

Farming's story is ours to tell

By RFT Editorial

The people who feed the world have the best story in the world — and it works best told first-hand.

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What the world's farming press is reporting, four editions a day, linked to the source. A week at a time; the rest lives in the archive.

Yesterday

Farmers Weekly · 23:31 · News

How nature-friendly practices built farm’s climate resilience

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Dawn · 23:30 · News

Agriculture: Going greener for soil health

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IndexBox · 22:41 · Markets

Seed Conditioning Systems Market Growth Driven by Precision Agriculture Adoption Through 2035

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The Western Producer · 19:32 · Innovation

Legal implications of pesticide application by drone

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The Des Moines Register · 16:33 · News

Iowa leaders remember late farmer, agriculture advocate Ray Gaesser

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Agriland · 15:30 · News

CAP future discussed with EU Commissioner at Dublin farm

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The Times of India · 14:30 · Livestock

Two Pennsylvania farm owners kept their 109-acre crop-and-livestock operation; in 2025, they sold its dev

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Kashmir Life · 11:39 · News

SKUAST-K Charts New Thrust on Aquatic Agriculture, Diversification

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Bozeman Daily Chronicle · 11:26 · News

A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming

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Aberdeen Insider · 11:00 · Markets

Decision to import ground beef highlights need to boost domestic food production, says ag secretary

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The Spokesman-Review · 10:30 · Weather

Washington farmers tell top Trump official wildfires only part of 'firestorm of things' affecting bottom lines

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Inside Climate News · 09:00 · Markets

Farmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Gas Prices, While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them

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The Telegraph · 05:00 · Weather

Britain braces for crippling food crisis as ‘Godzilla’ El Niño stirs

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The Hereford Times · 04:18 · News

Meet the farmer opening up about scale of challenges facing agriculture

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LincsOnline · 04:00 · Weather

Weather challenges come at same time as growing financial burden for our farmers’

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Inquirer.net · 01:45 · News

Bukidnon IP coffee farmers get boost from national, local officials

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Saturday 5 September

Farmers Weekly · 23:31 · News

Grower trial aims to unlock food-grade millet production

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Farmers Weekly · 23:12 · Weather

Opinion: We must capture winter water to combat droughts

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The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal · 17:19 · News

Journal archives: In 1926, Ashcroft gears up for annual agricultural show

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AfricaBrief · 15:40 · Markets

Malawi Bets on Markets, Private Investment to Transform Agriculture

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African Farming · 15:00 · Policy

A rope stronger than steel: Two presidents call for unity at Agriculture Gauteng Congress

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Bloomberg.com · 12:00 · Markets

American Farmers Sell Into Long-Hoped-for Crop Price Rally

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African Farming · 10:00 · News

20 years of seed and partnerships: Hazera South Africa honours women driving agriculture

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South Dakota News Watch · 09:00 · Weather

Drought adds to pastureland challenges

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RNZ Country · 08:47 · Weather

Grain sector 'disappointed' farmers are choosing cheap palm kernel feed over local grain

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Farming Life · 08:00 · Policy

Minister welcomes first year of Farm Sustainability Payments

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IraqiNews · 07:11 · Policy

Iraq achieves wheat and date self-sufficiency for 2026: Agriculture Ministry

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Qazinform · 05:37 · Crops

Rice harvesting campaign kicks off in Kyzylorda region

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African Farming · 05:00 · News

The land question is not black and white

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Friday 4 September

Farmers Weekly · 23:30 · News

Hawkstone Farmers Choir gives £100,000 mental health boost

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Farmers Weekly · 23:30 · Livestock

FW Awards: Meet the 2026 Sheep Farmer of the Year finalists

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Agriland · 21:57 · Livestock

Building better cows from Day 1 on a Limerick dairy farm

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Xinhua · 20:04 · Weather

Visegrad Four urge EU action as drought hits farming

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Phys.org · 17:00 · Innovation

Bats show promise as a form of biological pest control in South African macadamia plantations

Labor-intensive harvesting and complex processing make macadamias among the most expensive nuts in the world. This makes it all the more important to protect the trees from pests.

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Agriland · 17:00 · News

New Agriland podcast 'Farm Conversations: Why CAP matters'

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KCUR · 15:22 · Markets

As the U.S. and Canada slap new tariffs on goods, American farmers are stuck in the middle

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Phys.org · 14:40 · Innovation

Divergent molecular mechanisms for fungal plant biomass conversion

Fungi are major degraders of plant biomass, including leaves, stems and roots. Investigating the molecular mechanisms that control this process is essential for identifying ways to degrade and use lignocellulose, a recalcitrant waste-product residue from biofeedstocks and agricultural residues, and

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Business in Cameroon · 14:21 · Markets

Cameroon’s Agricultural Growth Slumps to 1.1% as Export Farming Contracts

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Le Monde.fr · 14:11 · Policy

France unveils €1 billion farm aid package after summer of drought and heatwaves

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The Guardian · 12:37 · News

Seeds of hope: how a local farming project is offering a lifeline to Gaza

<p>Family-run Al-Qarara Seed Bank is striving to help Palestinians gain sovereignty over their food security</p><p>Salama Ayesh Muhanna still remembers the first seeds he planted on his family’s land in al-Qarara, Gaza. At just 17, Muhanna had proudly sprouted cucumbers.</p><p>“I was very happy beca

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Hortidaily · 11:46 · News

"Future of agriculture takes shape in Izmir"

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CHS Inc. · 11:33 · Crops

E15 and U.S. agriculture: Understanding its role in domestic crop demand

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The Chemical Engineer · 11:30 · Crops

MIT spinout to expand pathogen-fighting microbe solution for crops

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The Guardian · 09:00 · Markets

Astronomical’ fuel price surge hits farmers in UK and US

<p>Intensification of Middle East conflict and ongoing Russian export ban sees diesel prices rise 10% in less than a week</p><p>Farmers are facing an “astronomical” jump in the price of fuel needed to operate their vehicles and machinery after a surge in diesel costs in the UK and US.</p><p>Renewed

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seedworld.com · 05:35 · News

Plant Breeding Investment Needs Faster Decisions

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Taiwan Today · 04:34 · Policy

Ministry of Agriculture hosts net-zero workshop

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The Guardian · 04:30 · News

Country diary: It’s 10am at the Melplash Show and the cider contest is well under way | Sara Hudston

<p><strong>Bridport, Dorset:</strong> Away from the sheep, pigs and Martin Clunes’s horse, I find a bounty of local ciders – and concern about this year’s apple harvest</p><p>It’s Melplash Show day and all of Bridport is here. Crowds jostle for a look at the pigs, cattle and sheep. The actor Martin

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AgFunderNews · 00:29 · Innovation

One of the fastest-growing CPG brands in America…’ David Protein owner hits $2.25bn valuation on $250m Series B

Peter Rahal is now moving into new territory with the launch of candy brand HallPass, dubbed the “Coke Zero of candy” and a new brand called Rowdy. The post ‘One of the fastest-growing CPG brands in America…’ David Protein owner hits $2.25bn valuation on $250m Series B appeared first on AgFunderNews

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Thursday 3 September

Farmers Weekly · 23:48 · News

Will’s World: Steve missed my farm, but he hit my last nerve

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Farmers Weekly · 23:35 · News

How simple system keeps calf losses at 1% for block calver

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Phys.org · 21:50 · Innovation

Microbes—dead or alive—can be early indicators of soil health under regenerative farming

Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as "proxies" for measuring how different regenerative agriculture practices could improve soil carbon—years before it would be possible to measure the carbon directly. The technique offers new insights into how effective var

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Phys.org · 21:00 · Innovation

'Green thumb' molecule helps leaf stalks grow in crowded conditions

Potassium (K) is one of the three essential nutrients for plants. It plays a critical role in a wide range of processes, including cell growth, photosynthesis and regulation of water balance. Plants take up K from the soil and circulate it throughout their bodies via molecules called K+ channels. Th

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DTN Progressive Farmer · 17:14 · News

Top Agriculture Republican Seeks Waiver for Another Term as Chairman

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Farm Progress · 16:53 · Crops

Will soybean rally continue through September?

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AgFunderNews · 16:31 · Innovation

AgriFood Signals: Remembering Wendell Berry, Farmland LP’s new fund, Dairy Queen robots

Plus: Defra grans and more farmland funding around the world The post AgriFood Signals: Remembering Wendell Berry, Farmland LP’s new fund, Dairy Queen robots appeared first on AgFunderNews .

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The Grocer · 15:39 · Weather

Has severe weather pushed UK farming resilience to its limit?

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UA.NEWS · 11:57 · News

Professor urges lending reform for women farmers in Nigeria

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Vanguard News · 10:54 · Weather

Livestock firm offers free training to aspiring, existing livestock farmers

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Phys.org · 09:20 · Innovation

Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woes

Farmers around the world are struggling with the impact of climate change, financial pressures and depleted soil—and industry experts say bringing consumers closer to the people who produce their food could provide a solution.

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Wednesday 2 September

Phys.org · 23:00 · Innovation

Trees use a 'muscle' to correct their posture—a newly discovered role for tension wood

A research team from INRAE and the University Clermont Auvergne has shown that trees are capable of correcting a curvature they detect in their stems through a specific biological process. In the study, young trees with bent stems were placed in an experimental set-up that prevented them from sensin

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   Anna Kowalski · Jul 11

   Update on the apple thinning question: went with hiring two students from the agricultural school for a week. Cost less than the fruit I would have lost, and one of them spotted a codling moth issue I had missed. Sometimes the answer to "how do I do this alone" is: you do not.

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   Sarah McKenzie · Jul 11

   Calving countdown: 18 days to planned start. Springer mob drafted tonight, calving kits restocked, colostrum freezer inventoried (43 litres of gold-standard first-milking, labelled and dated). To every first-season worker reading this: the difference between a good calving and a nightmare is what you do in the fortnight BEFORE it starts. Ask me anything, genuinely.

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   Tom Hargreaves · Jul 11

   Four-day weather window promised so we mowed the top meadows this morning. The forecast is now, naturally, revising itself. Hay-making remains the only casino where the house calls you personally to change the odds after you have placed the bet.

   

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   Jake Miller · Jul 10

   Soil moisture probes at 14 inches: my no-till ground is holding 1.8" more plant-available water than the conventionally worked field across the fence line. Eleven years of not dragging steel through the ground, and July is when it pays the rent. The corn can tell. So can the banker.

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5. News · Market · Jul 10

   Fertiliser prices ease for the first time in three seasons

   Urea and DAP have fallen for three straight months. Whether to lock in or ride spot is this season's big buying call.

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   Priya Sharma · Jul 10

   Transplanting finished on the last paddy block today — three generations in the field by 6am, my father supervising from the bund with his tea like a foreman who has retired from everything except opinions. The drip blocks by contrast: quiet, even, and using half the water. Both pictures are Punjab in 2026.

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   Lars van der Berg · Jul 9

   3:40am: robot alert, cow 87 refused twice. Walked down expecting mastitis, found her standing on her collar strap like a hostage situation of her own design. Freed, milked, back asleep by 4:15. The sensors are brilliant. The cows remain undefeated. Farm tech in one post.

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8. News · Opinion · Jul 9

   Who really sets the price of food?

   Subsidies, export bans, tariffs, support prices — government decisions move farm incomes more than most farmers' own decisions. Understanding how is a survival skill.

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   Grace Wanjiku · Jul 9

   Second export pallet of the season passed inspection this morning — 98.2% pack-out, our best yet. Three years ago I was told avocados were "not a smallholder crop." The grading sheet respectfully disagrees. Seedlings from the same lines are in the marketplace for anyone starting their own argument with conventional wisdom.

   

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    Carlos Oliveira · Jul 8

    Drone fungicide pass on the safrinha maize finished in one day — 380 hectares, no wheel tracks, no crop damage, 40% less water than the ground rig. The neighbours came to watch and stayed to book slots. Happy to share the real cost-per-hectare numbers with anyone considering it, DMs open.

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11. For Sale · services · Jul 8

    Shearing run bookings — November/December window

    Our regular contract team has capacity for two more sheds in the Nov–Dec run, western districts. Six stands, wool handling included, references from three local studs. Price by negotiation depending on shed setup and numbers — make an offer with your dates and count.

    Make an offerfrom Thornleigh Merinos
12. News · Market · Jul 8

    Global Dairy Trade auction lifts 3.1% — second rise in a row

    Whole milk powder led the gains as North Asian buyers restocked. Two banks flag upside to farmgate forecasts if it holds.

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    Emma Thompson · Jul 8

    Wool market report from the shed: 19-micron indicator up again this week. Every year someone tells me merinos are finished, and every year the suit-makers of Italy quietly disagree. Ram sale entries close Friday — the poll boys are looking exceptional this drop.

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    Hamish Ross · Jul 7

    Pre-muster ride on the top block this morning. Meg (the young dog) held a mob on the bluff face like she'd been doing it a decade — her mother watched from the quad with what I can only describe as professional jealousy. Snow line creeping down. Autumn muster in three weeks.

    

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    1 unit available

    For Sale · machinery · Jul 7

    3m power harrow — new blades, ready to work

    Maschio 3m power harrow, new blades fitted this spring, packer roller good. Genuine spare set of blades included. Selling because I have moved to strip-till on the vegetable ground. Loading by appointment, Wielkopolska.

    €4,200Individual seller
16. News · Market · Jul 7

    Lamb schedule firms as UK supply tightens

    Fourth consecutive weekly lift as old-season lambs clear and export demand holds. Finish them properly or sell them store — do not split the difference.

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    Anna Kowalski · Jul 7

    Solo-farming question for the orchard people: hand-thinning the apples is taking me 3x longer than when my father and I did it together (mathematics is cruel). Chemical thinning scares me on the cherries' account next door. What do the small orchards here actually do — thin harder earlier, hire help, or accept smaller fruit? Honest answers over textbook ones please.

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    Megan Clarke · Jul 6

    First full season running the roster instead of just being on it. Learning that the hardest part of managing isn't the pasture maths or the vet calls — it's sending someone home at hour eleven when you know the job isn't finished and doing the last two hours yourself. The grass will be there tomorrow. The good people won't be, if you burn them.

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    7 head available

    For Sale · livestock · Jul 6

    Merino rams — 2026 drop, poll genetics

    Poll Merino rams from our stud's 2026 drop. Flock average 19 micron, these boys measuring 17.8–18.6 with strong staple and clean points. ASBVs available on request. Inspection welcome any time except shearing week (you will be handed a broom).

    A$1,800from Thornleigh Merinos
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    9 kit available

    For Sale · inputs · Jul 6

    Solar electric fence energiser kits — 5km range

    Complete solar energiser kits we imported in bulk for the collective: 5km rated energiser, 20W panel, battery, earth kit and tester. Fifteen spare kits available at our landed cost plus a little chai money. These have halved our night-grazing losses to stray cattle.

    ₹9,500from Sharma Agri Collective
21. News · Opinion · Jul 6

    The debt on the land: what every farmer should understand before signing

    Land-secured debt built most good farms — and has ended some. Loan-to-value, covenants, refinancing risk and mediation schemes, explained without the jargon.

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    Dev Patel · Jul 6

    Fixed the pressure drop on drip line 7 today — turned out to be a root-crushed lateral, not the filter like I assumed. Priya ma'am made me diagram the whole hydraulic run before touching anything. Annoying. Educational. Mostly annoying. (The weld on the repair coupling was excellent though, thank you for asking.)

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    Sarah McKenzie · Jul 5 · posting as Riverbend Dairy

    RIVERBEND OPEN GATE — our working dairy tours restart next week after calving prep. Watch afternoon milking from the platform, meet the spring calves from August, and ask us absolutely anything about how modern dairying actually works. Bookings via our farm page. Kids free this season, gumboots not.

    

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    4 quarter available

    For Sale · meat · Jul 5

    Hereford beef quarters — dry-aged 21 days

    Station-raised Hereford×, finished on summer high-country pasture, dry-aged 21 days at the local butcher. Quarters approx 55kg cut and wrapped to your spec. Pickup from Cromwell or freight at cost within Otago.

    NZ$450from Glenorchy Downs Station
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    18 hectare-day available

    For Sale · services · Jul 5

    Drone spray contracting — 40ha/day capability

    Agras T40 contracting for fungicide and foliar work, 40ha/day realistic in good conditions. Fully licensed, mixing trailer and water cart included. Working radius 150km from Sorriso; further by arrangement. Book early for the safrinha window.

    R$95from Fazenda Boa Vista
26. News · Market · Jul 5

    Wheat futures wobble on Black Sea headlines

    The screens moved more than the fundamentals. Basis, protein spreads and blending are where the real money is this harvest.

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    Tom Hargreaves · Jul 4 · posting as Briarfell Farm

    LAMB BOXES — nine of twelve gone already. Half-lamb boxes from our own hill flock, butchered and frozen: two legs, shoulder, chops, rack, mince, shanks. £95, collection or local delivery. Next batch won't be until after the autumn draft, so if your freezer has been dropping hints, now is the moment. Listing in the marketplace.

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    30 tonne available

    For Sale · grain · Jul 4

    Feed barley, 2026 harvest — ex-farm

    Spring barley off the lower fields, dried to 14.5%, good bushel weight. Ex-farm collection, weighbridge 3 miles away. Can load lorries. 40 tonnes available, will sell in 10t lots.

    £168from Briarfell Farm
29. News · How-to · Jul 4

    Rotational grazing, explained by someone who actually does it

    Grass grows grass — everything else is bookkeeping. Eleven years of rest-and-rotation on a wet hill farm, mistakes included.

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