Farm Business

With tough economic circumstances weighing on the residential property market, Alex Black spoke to property experts to find out whether the impact was being felt on farmland.

Alex Phillips is a partner and head of the agriculture and rural affairs division at law firm mfg Solicitors.

Farmers are being offered £44 million to help tackle pollution, as part of the Government’s new £1.6 billion Plan for Water.

Increasingly tighter supplies are driving pig prices to new record highs, but European price progression has slowed.

Contracting price rises are ‘inevitable’ this spring as inflation continues to impact costs for contractors.

Government announced the signing of the ’historic’ CPTPP deal following two years of negotiations

Pilgrim’s UK and Waitrose have both reported a surge in demand for British lamb ahead of Easter with roasting joints popular ahead of the long weekend

Dairy farmers will have to weather prices falling further throughout spring before any hope of stabilisation later in the year.

Concerns have been raised regarding the impact the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will have on domestic agriculture with the RSPCA describing it as a ‘nail in the coffin for animal welfare standards’.

The Government has announced £110 million in funding under the Rural England Prosperity Fund