Prices & Trends

Changes in shopping habits could influence farmgate prices

Potatoes and other field vegetables have suffered during another very hot and dry week, but prices are not keeping up with the reduction in yield

Online butcher Farmison & Co has warned rising costs mean there is ’more money in death than life’ for rare cattle breeders

The NPA have described the situation as ‘deeply concerning, but not surprising’

Andersons has suggested it might be time for farmers to reconsider OSR

Processors talk of the market stabilising as they announce the latest prices but there is uncertainty over where prices will head in the coming months

There were signs of demand dropping for lamb, beef and pork as consumers opt for cheaper alternatives. By Jac Williams

The cooperative said it was doing everything it could to ’recover returns from the marketplace and deliver these to our members as quickly as possible’

With margins continuing to be eaten into by high costs, Cedric Porter takes a look at the market for beef and lamb

The cooperative said it was vital they continued to support their farmers as cost pressures continue to squeeze margins