Business

At a recent meeting at Lydney Park Farms, an AHDB Strategic Farm in Gloucestershire, the importance of setting key performance indicators and targets was discussed. Ellie Layton reports.

The dairy will pay 39ppl for July, including the Muller Advantage premium

Dairy production is under pressure in countries that are key suppliers to the UK, which could present opportunities for the British dairy industry

Running two dairy herds and a commercial property enterprise, Mike King has an efficient business, operating at a high level, but it was not always this way

Dairy farmers are producing in a new era of higher costs, more price volatility and a smaller safety net, but there are still plenty of opportunities

The continued wet weather could impact UK imports of wheat from Germany

After weakening through March, commodity prices are showing some tentative signs of improvement with butter jumping from the €5,500 (£4,719) zone to as high as €5,950 (£5,106) for some trades

Farmers and growers are getting increasingly frustrated and concerned over the wet spring, which is on track to be one of the wettest in living memory, and if the situation does not change for the better soon, the inflationary repercussions will surely be felt later this year

A turbulent milk market against the backdrop of an ever-changing regulatory landscape has brought managing change into sharp focus for dairy producers

It follows years of campaigning from the UK farming unions