Prices & Trends

British Sugar is seeking significant price rises from its customers, as gas inflation has left it facing soaring costs.

It follows last month’s announcement of a 1ppl rise for May, taking the total rise to 3.3ppl

Processors have continued to announce large price rises for May, with Meadow Foods price standing at 41ppl

Farmers were also reporting delays in deliveries of the fertiliser they have ordered

The retailer has announced a substantial jump in acknowledgement of the unprecedented inflation in farm costs

It comes after unrest from supermarket dairy suppliers as aligned prices lagged behind the non-aligned

Government grants must support commercial woodland in order to give farmers an incentive to plant trees amid soaring demand for home-grown timber following Russian sanctions, forestry experts have said.

As uncertainty remains over Black Sea supplies and exports, Cedric Porter takes a look at the effect of the conflict on the global wheat trade.

After two years of market volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to renewed market turbulence across the red meat supply chain

As war rages between Russia and Ukraine, is now the time for UK governments to press the pause button on agricultural policy reform and focus instead on producing enough food to feed the nation?