Markets

UK forced to rely on imports as consumer demand rises

Supply and demand was the key driver of trade at marts this year. Tom Ryder takes a look back at 2024

Growers must consider multiple factors including market knowledge, variety, condition and tilling in order to maximise yield

Paula Bauer, vice-president of Agricultural Consumer and Retail at GlobalData, offers her view on some of the changes expected in the US agribusiness industry from Trump 2.0

National Sheep Association policy manager Emma Owen said it was important to have ‘some standardisation across the carcase classification process and reporting, bringing the sector in line with the licencing requirements of beef'

NFU livestock board chair David Barton said: "We are incredibly disappointed to hear that some farmers in the Restricted Zone are being unfairly penalised by having deductions taken from some processors in the supply chain"

UK traders will now be able to export poultry to South Africa for the first time in eight years

Suffolk sheep farmer Stephen Cobbald has explained the difficulty of farming in a bluetongue restricted zone

Trade was as hot as the weather at last week's Thame Summer Sheep Fair at Thame showground where 15,295 head sold through the ring over two days to achieve a record clearance of 99.4%.

It was a record-breaking day at the Southdown Sheep Society’s Premier Sale, Worcester, when Chaileybrook His Nibs 24/02116 topped the sale and set a new breed ram lamb record at 2,000gns