<h1 style="text-transform: capitalize" >exchange rates</h1>
Farm incomes to benefit from sterling's weakness
Prospects for UK farm incomes are looking more positive, despite the immediate problems of rising input costs, lower commodity prices and a soggy harvest.
03 September 2008
August fertiliser bills put pressure on farm cash flows
Fertiliser bills are falling due in the midst of a difficult harvest, but there are few signs that price will ease in 2008.
03 September 2008
Strong Euro could boost 2008 Single Payment
Single Payments could be worth about 15% more than last year, thanks to the relatively weak position of sterling against the euro, according to the main banks at this year's Royal Welsh show (21-24 July).
24 July 2008
UK milk supply can recover from current low
Higher milk prices will eventually encourage British dairy farmers to increase production and make up for the current glut in supply, according to dairy consultant, Michael Bessey
20 June 2008
New machinery prices rise as manufacturers feel the pinch
New machinery prices are about 10% up on last year and further price rises are likely, according to exhibitors at Cereals 2008
16 June 2008
Fixed 2009 sugar beet price offer aims to remove uncertainty
British Sugar is to offer growers a guaranteed minimum price for 2009 contracts in a bid to boost growers’ confidence over future returns from the crop
16 June 2008
Mixed outlook for UK pig sector as price gap widens
Higher prices and a recent downturn in feed costs has given pig producers some optimism recently, but fortunes could be improved further if supermarkets passed on a fairer proportion of the higher retail prices, writes Peter Crichton
04 June 2008
Cambridgeshire estate brings 2500 prime acres to market
An historic country estate in Cambridgeshire is being launched by agents Strutt & Parker and Robinson & Hall, in what is likely to be the biggest block of commercial farmland to hit the market this year.
15 May 2008
UK pig prices benefit from EU increase
Reports of sharply rising EU pigmeat values have boosted UK producers' hopes of better domestic pigmeat prices to help offset sharply rising feed costs.
31 March 2008
Stronger euro gives single payment boost
Farmers' single farm payments could be worth significantly more this year as sterling has weakened against the euro.
25 March 2008
Credit crunch could mean mixed fortunes for farmers
Uncertainty surrounding world markets could extend to the farming sector, with tenanted holdings and those with high borrowings at greatest risk
25 March 2008
