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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.

The milk price for February 2023 will decrease by 2.65ppl  for conventional and organic milk

The warning from Lientjie Colahan, technical sales support at Lallemand Animal Nutrition, comes amid reports some farmers may be short of silage for the season ahead.

The Government’s decision to scale back its energy support for commercial businesses will leave many farming enterprises facing crippling fuel bills. Here are some things businesses can do now to mitigate the impact.

We are still shut down with TB. It is rumbling slightly, with one reactor in each of the past two tests. Obviously it is sod’s law that the best heifer had to go.

Calls by MPs to ban the routine use antibiotics in livestock over concerns about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have been branded as “silly” by farming minister Mark Spencer.

The NFU has hit out at reports that troubled train line HS2 is facing a new raft of problems, with the union claiming that any further disruption to farm businesses would be ‘unacceptable’.

A water pollution solutions scheme that enables farmers in priority catchments to apply for funding of up to £30,000 will close on January 31.

Collapsing cream prices have prompted a 2ppl drop in February’s milk price for Graham’s the Family Dairy, ‘in order to protect the business’.

Irish sheep farming is in danger of being ‘obliterated completely’ with prices continuing to drop while input costs soar.