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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…

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