Rural Business

Markets adjust to post-conflict impacts Markets have been mixed as macroeconomics, dry and hot weather globally and Black Sea uncertainty continue create a nervous and volatile trading arena. Underlying the…

Population & production long term growth The OECD have recently published their global long term agricultural outlook (2022-2031). They predict global population increasing by 11% and red meat consumption rising…

Price rises begin to cool UK milk output is well behind last year. At the end of June 2022, the UK is already 64.28m litres down on 2021 UK milk…

Finished price eases backwards Finishers welcomed a price lift in June, although still not enough to offset the inflation of production it would have helped lift moral among cattle finishers…

Sales of sexed (or gender sorted) semen have increased significantly in recent years, accounting for over half of all UK dairy semen sales. This increase is largely due to better…

What is the Northern Ireland Protocol? In effect since 1st January 2021, the Northern Ireland was put in place to protect the EU single market and the Good Friday Agreement;…

The poultry sector has seen one of the most challenging years in a long time, facing triple crises over Avian Influenza, input costs soaring, and rising costs of living squeezing…