Latest market prices, news and analysis LAND MARKETSFarmland market in 2025: Northern IrelandWith supply more constrained than in any other UK region, land in some parts of Northern Ireland (NI) has been changing hands at upwards of £25,000/acre. Buyers in County Armagh… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESSupreme Court bars Oatly from using 'milk' in its brandingThe Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by Swedish plant-based drinks manufacturer Oatly to use the phrase “Post Milk Generation” as a trademark for its products, due to the… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESWeight-loss drugs set to reshape UK dairy marketThe rapid uptake of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is set to reshape the UK dairy sector, as shifting consumer habits drive changes in grocery spending and product demand, according to the… CROPS MARKETS AND PRICESOilseeds prices rally to near £450/tOilseeds markets have rallied over the past month, both globally and in the domestic markets, underpinned by a stronger soybean complex and favourable currency movements. UK oilseed rape has lifted… MEAT MARKETS AND PRICESCull ewe trade lifts ahead of RamadanCull ewes have been achieving strong prices at auction, with buyers keen to secure supplies and demand likely to remain firm in the build up to Ramadan. Cull ewes averaged… MEAT MARKETS AND PRICESFalling pig prices leave producers struggling to break evenBritish pig producers are once again grappling with tight margins, as farmgate prices fall while costs remain stubbornly high. The Standard Pig Price (SPP) stood at 190.35p/kg deadweight at the… LAND MARKETSLand market in 2025: ScotlandPressure on farm margins heightened price sensitivity in the Scottish farmland market in 2025. While parts of the east coast, including Angus, East Lothian and Fife, saw sale prices well… CROPS MARKETS AND PRICESNFU seeks sampling improvements in future grain contractsThe NFU has called for a major overhaul of combinable crop contracts, claiming the scales have been “tipped against growers for far too long”. It has submitted its official response… DAIRY MARKETS AND PRICESLong road to recovery for dairy sector as prices cut furtherDairy consultants and analysts are forecasting farmgate milk prices to remain at low levels throughout the spring, with no major price rallies expected until the second half of the year.… MEAT MARKETS AND PRICESAberdeen Angus sells for 60,000gns at Stirling Bull SalesFarmers were out in force with a full ringside of pedigree and commercial buyers at Stirling Bull Sales on 1 and 2 February. The trade at the sale was underpinned… CROPS MARKETS AND PRICESUK cereals demand hit by bioethanol losses and maltster cutsDemand for UK cereals has plummeted as a result of the closure of the UK’s major bioethanol plants and decreased usage by brewers, maltsters and distillers. The UK cereals supply… MILK PRICESFarmgate milk prices face further cuts in February and MarchFarmers supplying major dairy co-operative Arla will face an additional 1.75p/litre price cut for February, taking its standard manufacturing litre to 33.98p/litre. Arla producers will receive 14.29p/litre less in February… More articles
