Farm Business

Beef and dairy producers should be hit with a new tax in order to incentivise greener farming methods, while consumers should follow a diet restricted to fewer than three portions of meat a week, a new report has suggested.

Auctioneers remain positive when it comes to demand for Scottish sheep, both prime and breeding according to Neil Wilson, executive director of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers of Scotland (IAAS)

The British potato area has declined rapidly over the last few years, but what is the future of the country’s favourite vegetable? Cedric Porter reports.

Lidl has announced a £4bn investment into British food businesses in the 2023 financial year, describing British farmers as paramount to the success of our business.

Scotland apparently saw a rise in the number of hill farms marketed during 2022 as farmers sought to capitalise on the high prices being paid by forestry and environmentally-motivated buyers.

With fertiliser production in the UK massively scaled back since the start of the Ukraine war, Brineflow managing director Ian Ferris says a new terminal In Sunderland will help improve supplies

Processors have been announcing March prices with Muller dropping 3ppl

The 2023 CropTec Show will go ahead at a new venue after the East of England Showground announced it would close for redevelopment.  

A vastly reduced sugar crop may prompt a look to imports at British Sugar, as it slashes its expectations for production in 2022/23

Strong processing beef demand was supporting prices of cull cows at auction marts