Prices & Trends

Nearly half a billion pounds worth of livestock was sold through Scotland’s auction marts in 2019.

The steam has temporarily gone out of the global pig meat market as Covid-19 impacts Chinese demand but prices are still holding steady.

US farm bankruptcies increased by 20 per cent in 2019 as its under-fire farmers felt the economic backlash of aggressive US trade policy.

Arla has announced that its UK March manufacturing milk price is to increase by 0.90ppl to 30.9ppl, in line with increases for its European farmer suppliers.

Chinese dairy imports could be down a quarter or more as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus as diners in the country are forced to stay at home, analysis by Rabobank has revealed.

More than a quarter of UK food and drink businesses spent at least £1 million on stockpiling last year for a threatened no-deal Brexit which never took place.

Arla Foods Group has announced strong global growth in 2019 driven by branded products, but a weakened exchange rate saw UK revenue dip. 

What to watch: Our old crop price level destiny, for now, is largely wrapped-up in the French/Russian export battle.

Farmers may look back on the 2019/20 grain season as one of the most buffeted by external events they can remember.

Global dairy prices are increasing, but that has yet to filter through to higher UK farmgate prices.