Farm Business

Beef prices are continuing to run at record levels, despite strong production and weaker retail demand, with reduced output elsewhere supporting the market.

Consumers are still looking for quality despite the cost-of-living crisis putting pressure on incomes, with historic food scandals still impacting buying habits.

Farmers have been urged to take another look at ‘improved’ Countryside Stewardship agreements as the application window opens to apply for 2024 Mid Tier agreements.

LIFFE’s March 23 contract slipped well below £200/t for the first time since early February last year, before the events in Ukraine began

Indian farmers have called off a protest march on Mumbai over onion prices after receiving assurances from the state Government.

Proposals to tackle the impact of second homes and short-term holiday lets in Wales could hit genuine providers and have an irreversible impact on the Welsh agritourism industry.

The latest inflation figures may have been unexpected for economists and politicians but they came as ’no surprise’ to food producers.

Former Food Tsar Henry Dimbleby has spoken out on the Government’s trade deals, and said forthcoming agreements must not follow the ‘uniquely unsophisticated’ approach adopted by Liz Truss.

Fruit and vegetable shortages in supermarkets have helped drive demand at farm shops and farmers’ markets, according to the Farm Retail Association.

The DUP will not back the proposed Windsor Framework when it goes before Parliament this week.