Farm Business

Milling wheat is in short supply leading to increasing premiums, but can the bull market last?

A US private equity firm has won the auction for supermarket Morrisons with a £7 billion bid.

High standards and regulations are major factors behind consumers’ trust in British food, with the sector ranking as high as the NHS in terms of trustworthiness.

Party conference season is upon us again.

Joining AHDB after a six-year spell as chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation, Tim Rycroft spoke to Alex Black about his priorities for the levy board

Hugh Pocock has worked in the livestock industry for the past two decades, and is now a director at Cultura Recruitment, an agribusiness recruitment company. Hugh also runs a small farming business with his family, comprising New Zealand Romney sheep and Australian Lowline Angus and Wagyu cattle.

Industry chiefs have been left incensed at calls to increase wages and conditions to alleviate the crisis gripping all corners of the agricultural sector.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has urged shoppers not to panic buy dairy products, following reports of farmers having to dump their milk due to HGV lorry driver shortages.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said farmers will need to cut mineral fertiliser use ‘quite significantly’ in order to meet the country’s net zero emissions target.

Preparations are well underway for Cultivate 2022, a business-led conference aimed specifically at farming and rural enterprises. With Farmers Guardian being the event’s media partner we find out more about what January’s event has in store.