All from last 24 hours CONTRACTOR COMMENTJag 980 a success as silage lurches from perfect to painful bitcoin hoy precio www.survivalprep.net It has been a harvest season of extremes for East Kilbride contractor Jim Watt, with a stonking first cut of silage preceding a stinking second. But the decision to replace… ASSESSING PERFORMANCECost-focused Angus herd targets further ￡8 a cow savingsA processor-led carbon benchmarking initiative has challenged a Cheshire Angus unit to squeeze more cost out of its already lean system. Ian Norbury at Mobberley Angus, near Wilmslow, has already… HARVESTVideo: Grower completes world's first Capulet bean harvestLincolnshire grower Andrew Ward has successfully harvested the world’s first field-scale trial of Capulet spring beans destined for the baked bean market. Thanks to the development of a UK-specific bean… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Defra needs to understand timing is everythingThe first week in September was one of the best I have ever seen for harvest. During the wet weather in July and August, we could not have forecast that… BUSINESS CLINICBusiness Clinic: How do I arrange digital accounts on death?Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, Emily Prout, a wills, tax and trusts specialist and partner with law… NEWSOpinion: Better to learn from each other than fightNot so long ago I was sat high above what looked like a heavy crop of grass. Had I been cutting silage this would have been good news. As it was,… NEWSELM payments ‘not generous enough’, says Ben GoldsmithEnvironmental campaigner and former Defra non-executive director Ben Goldsmith has said payments under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme are "not generous enough". Mr Goldsmith, who was speaking exclusively to… COMMUNITYScots hold special thanksgiving service for farmersBringing the countryside into the heart of Edinburgh city centre, a combine harvester stole the limelight at a harvest service on Sunday October 1 at the historic St Giles’ Cathedral.… BUSINESSCanadian cattle groups say ’no’ to UK’s entry into CPTPPThe Canadian meat industry has launched a campaign demanding its government block the UK’s accession to a new trans-Pacific trade deal unless it accepts imports of Canadian hormone-fed beef. The… SUGAR BEETNo 2024 beet crop price agreed, NFU Sugar insistsNFU Sugar has written to its beet-growing members, assuring them that it has not struck any price deal with British Sugar for the 2024 crop, and that negotiations are continuing.…