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LAND MARKETS

Powys farm offers good buildings and accommodation

A mixed arable and livestock farm set in about 377 acres near Brecon offers good quality land, extensive buildings and renovated accommodation. As well as the farmed land, Trehenry Fawr…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Huge cuts to wheat and rapeseed plantings for harvest 2024

Delayed spring plantings due to the rain and extensive damage to winter crops which did make it into the ground suggest the UK is facing the smallest wheat area in…

LAND MARKETS

Outrage as Scots government plans to break up larger holdings

Scottish landowners have slated a new Land Reform Bill tabled in Holyrood on Thursday (14 March) which sets out plans to break up larger farms and estates should they come…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

UK oilseeds prices driven up by global soya bean markets

UK oilseeds have had a £14/t uplift in the past week as markets follow the wider global soya bean trend, which has been supported by a shift in supply-and-demand dynamics.…

LAND MARKETS

Scottish land owners must register or risk £5,000 fine

Scottish owners and long-term tenants of land or property may need to submit an entry to a new register or risk a £5,000 fine, the Scottish government has warned. The…

POTATOES

UK potatoes in tight supply and selling for more than £500/t

Several years of declining production and a prolonged wet winter have started to bite in the potato sector, with a tight supply situation for potatoes forcing up free-buy prices. The…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Reviewed ABP grid heeds dairy-beef trend

Revised specifications from a leading processor signal a contraction in the beef sector and an increase in the number of dairy-beef cattle in the UK, say industry commentators.  Red meat…

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Danish farmers could face first carbon tax on agriculture

A proposed tax on the carbon footprint of agricultural businesses in Denmark is being considered which, if implemented, could make it the first country to impose this type of taxation.…

BUSINESS

Industry seeks assurances as another salad supplier goes bust

Retailers must find ways to make the supply chain more sustainable or more growers and fresh produce businesses in the horticulture sector will go bust. Jack Ward, chief executive of…

MARKETS AND TRENDS

EU plans more tariff concessions for Ukraine despite protests

MEPs on the European Parliament's international trade committee have voted to extend the EU's trade liberalisation measures with Ukraine for another year, potentially allowing cheaper access for agricultural goods. Temporary…

LAND MARKETS

Downsizing farmers support market for smallholdings

After a relatively slow period for small farms and smallholdings in some areas of the UK, more properties are coming onto the market and there is greater buyer interest. Farmers…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Halal lamb: 'A market farmers can no longer ignore'

The consumption of halal meat may have its detractors, but Awal Fuseini, senior sector manager at the AHDB, says it is a market that farmers and processors can no longer…

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