Global wheat markets edged up yesterday after hitting recent lows. Chicago wheat and Paris milling wheat futures (Dec-25) rose by 1.2% and 0.1% respectively. In the US, prices were supported by short ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its latest quarterly outlook for global red meat. This outlook features production and trade forecasts for beef and pork, summarised below. Beef ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) fell marginally yesterday (£0.20/t) to close at £168.80/t. The Nov-25 contract ended the session at £187.25/t, unchanged from Tuesday’s close. Old crop domestic futures ...

GB milk production for the 2025/26 season is forecast to reach 12.6 billion litres, 1.2% more than the previous milk year, according to our March forecast update The past milk year was divided into ...

In the fourth quarter of 2024, calf registrations to dairy dams in GB totalled 314,000 head according to the latest BCMS data. This is a decline of 46,000 (12.7%) head compared to the same period in ...

As he reaches his first 12 months in post, Graham Wilkinson reflects on AHDB's achievements over the past year and its aspirations for the future. We all know farming stands at a crossroads, facing ...

We are calling for an ambitious grower to host a new Strategic Cereal Farm for the next six years to bolster our national network of farms. Strategic Cereal Farms put cutting-edge research and ...

According to our latest analysis, UK beef production is expected to decrease by 5% in 2025, while domestic beef consumption is forecast to grow by 1%. The reduction in UK beef production, expected to ...

Chinese milk production is showing signs of slowing and there is optimism for domestic demand growth. Lower supplies of milk are shifting trade dynamics for the largest dairy importing country in the ...

The product has shown useful broad-spectrum efficacy in wheat and barley trials and provides a useful option to help manage several major cereal diseases. Plaxium (from Bayer CropScience Limited) was ...

Over three-quarters of farms in England and Scotland of 50 ha (124 acres) or more in size will be affected by the changes to Inheritance Tax, a new independent analysis from AHDB shows. We have ...

The UK Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG) has confirmed the first case of resistance to the herbicide glyphosate in a UK weed species. Resistance at the maximum label rate of glyphosate was ...