Prices & Trends

Following an unprecedented year for the dairy sector, Alex Black spoke to Arla UK’s Simon Ho as the co-operative looks ahead to a volatile 2023.

Farmgate cattle and pig prices have reached a new record high as the lamb trade struggles to match levels of early 2021 and 2022, according to an analysis carried out by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

Processors have been announcing March prices with Muller dropping 3ppl

Strong processing beef demand was supporting prices of cull cows at auction marts

First Milk has become the latest processor to announce that its milk price will reduce by 4ppl from March 1, 2023, taking its price to 45.69ppl for a manufacturing standard litre.

The future of apple and pear growing in the UK is ‘on a knife edge’ after it emerged that more than a third of planned orders for trees have been cancelled.

Families with young children are buying fewer fresh food items in a bid to save money, a new survey has revealed.

American farm advocacy group Farm Action has called for an investigation into price gouging in the egg sector, claiming the maths does not add up as prices soar.

Significant declines in milk prices are very likely in the spring as wholesale prices slip and production increases.

The farming industry has hit back following claims by a UK supermarket boss that producers are raising prices unnecessarily.