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CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Wheat prices show welcome signs of improvement

Feed wheat prices have shown an encouraging upturn in recent days, prompted by tightening supply predictions and interruptions to shipping in the Black Sea region. Latest reports from the US…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

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…

MEAT MARKETS AND PRICES

Defra minister rejects call for targeted pig support

Defra farming minister Stephen Morgan has rejected calls for targeted support for beleaguered pig producers, insisting current market difficulties do not warrant any government intervention. The case was made by…

LAND MARKETS

Farmland sales rise despite political uncertainty

Political uncertainty is continuing to shape England’s farmland market, despite more farms coming up for sale than at any time in almost 20 years. While the government’s Farming Roadmap has…

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