As the New Year approaches and 2021 draws to an end, Cedric Porter takes a look back at what happened in each sector this year

The UK could plant its smallest area of potatoes ever in 2022, making the country more reliant on imports

After years of very low interest rates, the cost of borrowing could soon rise, while a strengthening pound could make exports more expensive

Change is coming and denying it could destroy farm businesses.

Tighter supplies and good demand have supported dairy markets across the world. Cedric Porter takes a look at whether farmers are seeing the benefit as input costs soar

Fuel prices have increased by more than three-quarters over the year with fertiliser prices also rising dramatically

Milling wheat is in short supply leading to increasing premiums, but can the bull market last?

There are no reports of immediate and significant shortages of key inputs but farmers need to be prepared for some delivery delays

Graeme Skinner, independent potato agronomist and director of Provenance Potatoes, said it had been one of the most difficult seasons he could remember

Despite a recovery in UK food and drink exports, sales of meat and dairy products to the EU remain severely disrupted