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Outlook 2026: Poultry assessment may help safeguard future

The past 12 months have seen a significant turnaround for the UK poultry sector, for both meat and eggs. Most poultry businesses are now turning some form of quantifiable profit…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Outlook 2026: Cautious optimism for beef sector

After several years of volatility, the UK beef sector entered the new year with prices holding firmer than many observers expected, says Andersons consultant Charlotte Dun. GB deadweight cattle prices…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

UK beef granted reciprocal access to US market

A quota for UK beef exports to the US has been introduced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative, allowing up to 13,000t of British beef a year…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Outlook 2026: Sugar beet faces lower prices, increased costs

It was written last year that despite the 17.5% price reduction to a headline £33/t, the 2025-26 sugar beet campaign would produce returns for growers that compared favourably to alternative…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Outlook 2026: Potato price pressure mounts

The optimism of the sector experienced over the past two years has been dampened by the finish to the marketing of the 2024 harvest, due to oversupply as old crop…

BUSINESS

Outlook 2026: Small returns for best combinable crop growers

The past two seasons have been incredibly challenging for all combinable crop growers – physically for all and financially for most. Fundamentally, yield, or rather lack of it, has been…

BUSINESS

Outlook 2026: Belt tightening needed as farm support dwindles

Britain’s taxpayers are generally feeling less well off than last year. The government has no reserves, its debt is mounting, and costs are rising. A number of the wealthiest (best)…

LAND MARKETS

2025 land market: Wide range of interest and buyers

The UK’s land market performance has been mixed and region-specific in a year of generally higher supply and strong demand for quality, equipped farms and bare land. Demand by active…

LAND MARKETS

Welsh government group explores Crown Estate takeover

A new working group set up by the Labour-run Welsh government has had its first meeting, exploring ways of exerting control over the Crown Estate’s land in Wales and redirecting…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Red diesel prices fall back below 70p/litre

Farm businesses may be able to capitalise on lower red diesel prices at present, as prices fell back during December following a dip in global crude oil markets. Prices collected…

BUSINESS

Farmer anger as Ukrainian cage eggs undercut UK market

UK egg industry representatives and farmers have raised concerns about food safety standards, equivalence, and imports undercutting producers, after a recent shipment from Ukraine showed eggs not meeting UK standards.…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

UK beef and sheep numbers contract while prices hold up

Strong finished beef and lamb prices during the past year have been underpinned by tight supplies, with recent figures published by Defra showing further declines in the number of cattle…

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