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NFU president Minette Batters issued a strongly worded message to policymakers warning them that the ‘clock is ticking’ for Government to get behind British farmers and growers.

It was a bid of 28,000gns which topped the Simmental trade at the second round of Stirling bull sales, with the 97 bulls sold averaging 7,260, a record breed average for a February sale, up 425 on 2022 with a clearance rate of 88 per cent.

Defra Secretary Thérèse Coffey is calling for closer ties between the UK and the US in order to forge a more secure and sustainable future for agriculture.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is projecting a marginal increase in global pork output in 2023 as China and South East Asia continue to recover from African Swine Fever.

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).

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.

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

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.

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

While Europe continues to import the lion’s share of UK sheep meat, global export markets are growing with AHDB identifying the US as a priority market for 2023.