Farm Business

As recession hits countries around the world, market analysts were weighing up the impact on global grain demand. Alex Black reports from AHDB’s Grain Market Outlook

Grassland has so far been neglected in the development of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme and this problem must be quickly addressed, Lord Don Curry has warned.

The Government must do more to boost economic confidence if the agri-supply sector is to have any chance of withstanding further shocks, Ministers have been warned.

The East of England farming conference returned to the East of England Showground in Peterborough last week. Jonathan Wheeler reports on the highlights.

Wales Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has come out in support of tenant farmers, saying that if the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) does not work for them, it does not work at all.

Retailers Tesco and Waitrose have announced support packages totalling almost £17 million for egg producers and suppliers, while Noble Foods announces price rises from next month.

Arla is to hold its member milk price until January 1, ahead of what it describes as a ‘negative outlook’.

On this week’s Over the Farm Gate, AIC’s Jo Gilbertson takes a look at the factor’s affecting the market for fertiliser.

Free-range egg farmers were calling for supermarkets to look to the dairy sector for answers as the average producer loses 29p for every dozen eggs they sell.

A new grant to help farmers in England better manage slurry is being introduced next month, the Government has confirmed.