Land Strategies Blog

May 2010 - Posts

• Is Increasing Beef Retail Prices the Solution to Falling Producer Prices?

  The recent drop in finished cattle prices is causing understandable alarm. The cause appears to be too much supply and not enough demand, as spring calved stock and more dairy bull beef arrive on the market yet beef consumption remains sluggish and exports... Posted May 27 2010, 06:38 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: meat consumption, beef pricing [Edit Tags]

• Dairy Crest v Wiseman – Where Would You Put Your Money?

  Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman Dairies have just announced annual results. Both process huge quantities of milk (2.1 billion litres for Dairy Crest and 1.6 billion for Wiseman) but their business models could not be more different. Wiseman supplies only... Posted May 20 2010, 09:43 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Dairy Crest, DairyCo, Robert Wiseman [Edit Tags]

• Higher Welfare Products Grow Despite More Shopper Focus on Price

  Last week’s blog post mentioned Institute of Grocery Distribution research which found that price is becoming even more crucial as shoppers decide what and where to buy. But rock bottom prices are not always the driving force. The IGD analysis pointed... Posted May 12 2010, 04:25 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Free Range Eggs, Freedom Foods [Edit Tags]

• The Food Buying Consumer – More Focused on Price Today Than in the Depths of Recession

  Whether the recession has permanently changed food buying behaviour remains a favourite topic among industry observers, with some commentators are saying that purse strings are loosening, trading up is becoming more prevalent, and the worst is behind... Posted May 03 2010, 03:24 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: IGD, food buying trends, recessionary food buying [Edit Tags]