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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Management Matters: Wills & Power of Attorney
Autumn Budget 2024 – fundamental change to Inheritance Tax The Budget brought significant changes to Inheritance Tax, particularly concerning Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR). These changes…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Inputs: Fertiliser Use Trends in Scotland
Fertiliser Use trends in Scotland Is crop performance being compromised? Thankfully fertiliser prices have returned to a more tolerable level than that of recent years; however, this extreme price spike…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Sector Focus: New Zealand Still Living Off the Animal’s Back
Farmers upbeat New Zealand farmers are feeling upbeat. For despite a tough spring in the south of the country; dairy, beef and sheep prices are nicely up. Good news for…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Milk
Milk production data Milk production continues to stay ahead of last year, with GB volumes for January up 2.2% to an estimated 1,047m litres. The latest data from AHDB puts…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Sector Focus: Potatoes
Sector trends Potato planting is underway for early crops under fleece in Jersey, Cornwall, and Ayrshire but most producers are finalising field plans and securing seed potatoes. Prices for the…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Sheep
Ramadan Ramping Up Trade Ramadan is set to commence on Friday 28th February (depending on the sighting of the moon), this month-long fasting festival is set to end on the…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Beef
Beef prices rocket Finished beef prices have again risen throughout February. Only a few months ago, prices were breaking records at £5/kg/dwt, however, prices have since rocketed above £6/kg/dwt. Prices…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Policy Brief
Preparing for Sustainable Farming The Scottish Government has extended the Preparing for Sustainable Farming payments for a further year. Farmers and crofters can access funding for soil analysis, carbon audits,…
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Agribusiness News March 2025 – Cereals
Global overview Although we’ve not seen it here, global grain prices have risen in recent weeks reaching multi-month highs due to tightening stocks and weather-related risks. The USDA’s latest reports…
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Hoddom & Kinmount Estate Case Studies
As part of the FAS 2024 programme we spent a lot of time at Hoddom & Kinmount Estate learning about and documenting the actions they are taking towards becoming more…
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