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Keep up with the latest prices for agricultural production inputs, including red diesel and fuel, straw and bedding, livestock feed, crop fertiliser and agchems. See how global market pressures and trends are influencing prices for agriculture and what that means for your farm budget.

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Steep price rises put focus on machinery costs

High machinery costs, leading to a high depreciation burden, are forcing a rethink on replacement policies and how operations are managed. The relentless rise in machinery costs has pushed up…

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Farm input inflation more than double rate of output rises

Rises in farm output values are being dwarfed by soaring input costs, with July estimates calculating an annual ag inflation rate of 23.5% – more than double the 10.1% growth…

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Why a cohabitation agreement could help protect family farms

There has been a substantial increase in recent decades in the number of people choosing to live together without getting married. In 2020, 18% of couples who lived together in…

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Water deregulation: Farms ignoring opportunity to cut bills

It has been more than two years since the water market was deregulated in England, allowing businesses to pick their own water and sewerage supplier. This followed the lead set…

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How the carbon tax on fertiliser will impact farm businesses

A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Cbam) is due to be implemented by the government from 1 January 2027, leading to higher fertiliser costs on farm. However, the industry is still…

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Details on land control agreements to be made available

The government is planning to collect more detail about contractual agreements relating to land in England and Wales and to make it freely available. This will include, among others, contracts…

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Survey shows high fertiliser prices accelerated falling trend

Average field rates, the percentage of land dressed and overall application rates of the main nutrients fell in the 2022 harvest year on both crop and grass land. The British…

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Fertiliser market developments after disruption of 2022

As an island with just one domestic ammonium nitrate (AN) manufacturer, the UK is exposed, relying heavily on imports for crucial plant nutrients. Gas had become the feedstock of choice…

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Ag-inflation now running at 8.6% as input costs rise

Arable and livestock farmers are facing the highest input costs since just after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, putting an unwelcome squeeze on margins. Latest “agflation” figures…

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Hay and straw harvest better than expected despite drought

Yields and quality of this year’s straw harvest have been much better than expected, despite the drought conditions, according to the British Hay and Straw Merchants Association. “There is plenty…

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Wynnstay Group to double fertiliser blending in Scotland

Agricultural supply business Wynnstay Group has announced plans to double production of its Glasson blended fertilisers in Scotland, relocating from its current site to a substantially larger production facility at…

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Red diesel prices climb after Trump renews Gulf hostilities

Fresh hostilities in the Gulf have sent crude oil prices back up to four-week highs, with the number of tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz reportedly falling to two-month…

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