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This week's 6 top farming stories

From robots boosting profits on the last remaining prison farm in Britain to the removal of Winter Fuel Payments and the impact it could have on rural pensioners - these are six farming stories not to miss this week on FG

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This week's 6 top farming stories

Devon farmer and agri-tech entrepreneur James Wright said he was concerned the removal of WFPs could push vulnerable rural pensioners and farmers into fuel poverty, with potentially devastating consequences.

 

Farmers have reacted with a mix of anger and disappointment following the broadcast of , which aired on BBC2 on Friday (August 23).

 

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has called on the Planning Inspectorate in England to give ‘urgent training' to its inspectors to improve their understanding of agricultural tenancies when handling planning appeals.

 

Britain's last remaining prison-run dairy farm has installed two milking robots, a move that has significantly increased milk yield from its herd of 120 pedigree Holsteins.

 

The once favoured trailed mower seems to have fallen by the wayside for many grass growers in favour of front- and rear-mounted machines and contractor favourite, the butterfly combination.

Speaking to a Merseyside-based mixed farmer and contractor, we find out why they chose the unusual Kuhn GMD 5251 TC.

 

Following a visit to Switzerland last week as part of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress, Farmers Guardian's Alex Black discusses similarities in how farming operates in different countries.

 

 

 

 

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