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MARKETS AND TRENDS

British Wool expect farmers to be paid £1/kg for 2026 clip

As shearing gets under way across the UK, wool prices are at the strongest they have been for some time with prices 70% higher than last year. British Wool has…

LAND MARKETS

Choice of commercial farms on market expands

Top end commercial farms are launching across several counties this month, including a 966-acre prime arable estate in ­Northumberland, with four dwellings and diverse income sources. The Wark Estate, near…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

'Cost of farming crisis' is emerging, farmers warned

British farmers are facing “one of the most challenging margin environments in years” as the gap between rising input costs and falling output widens, suggesting that a “cost of farming…

BUSINESS

Tight stocks keep straw and forage prices elevated

A shortage of fodder has kept straw prices high throughout the past year and the prospect of tight supplies again this autumn is keeping markets supported. Straw prices are already…

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