With farmers seeing more risk than reward in growing food, the Oxford Farming Conference heard from different players in the supply chain

Costs remain historically high

It has been a year of up horn and down corn

Despite a challenging year, farmers are the least likely of any business sector to be putting their businesses up for sale, according to investment management company Vestd.

Potato growers who were unable to get on their fields made their way to the British Potato Show in Harrogate, Yorkshire, last week. The weather was a hot topic, but so was the long-term future of the sector.

International factors are driving the grain market, with the prospect of more Black Sea wheat and a delayed order for French wheat by the Chinese putting pressure on prices.

The Christmas trade will influence the prices paid for lambs

Political bravery is needed if the UK is to meet the unprecedented challenge of feeding a growing population and addressing climate change and biodiversity loss

Increased wholesale prices give some hope that milk prices could follow suit in the coming months, although the latest published values are yet to show a rise

The UK potato crop is expected be one of the smallest on record this year