Farm Business

The levy body has announced the potato sector will pay an unchanged levy to cover the costs of winding down, while the horticulture sector will pay a reduced rate

Following discussions with farmer representatives and escalating farm costs of production Freshways has announced a minimum 3ppl milk price increase from January 1 2022. 

Despite various support schemes having now coming into play, pig producers will remain ‘in limbo’ until butchers drafted in from overseas hit abattoir floors.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has said the Government will not accept a key recommendation from Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy to protect standards in trade deals.

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

CLA analysis shows rural businesses are set to lose out of hundreds of millions under revised funding plans unveiled in the budget

With Brexit and the climate change agenda, the agriculture community probably felt the 2020s were going to be challenging.

An extra 12,000 tonnes of Australian beef could be heading to the UK as part of the Australia-UK trade deal but the impact could largely be offset by reduced EU imports, according to calculations by AHDB. By Cedric Porter

A silent cull is taking place on UK poultry breeder farms due to the ongoing labour crisis, chair of the British Poultry Council Graeme Dear has warned.

A ‘silent cull’ is taking place on UK poultry breeder farms due to the ongoing labour crisis, chair of the British Poultry Council Graeme Dear has warned.