The milk to feed price ratio (MFPR) shows the value of milk compared with the cost of purchased feed. Feed costs account for around 70% of variable costs. The MFPR gives an indication of inputs costs ...

Global Dairy Trade (GDT) events take place twice a month, trading dairy commodity ingredients. Here you will find key results from the latest event.

There have been 160 cases of bluetongue in Great Britain in the 2025/26 vector season (since July 2025). In: There have been no cases in Scotland. The location of all premises in Great Britain where ...

The GB all prime cattle average rose 5p to 654p/kg, the largest weekly rise since April and the seventh consecutive week of gains, leaving prices 141p above year-earlier levels. Estimated prime ...

The expansion of the middle classes in emerging markets across the globe is strengthening the demand for protein and imported foods. And globally the British brand is well-regarded, being associated ...

The Muck Free Truck campaign is an industry-led initiative, designed to reinforce the vital role clean transport plays in protecting Britain’s pig industry. We’re calling on everyone in the supply ...

AHDB estimates overall organic milk production from a weekly survey of the largest milk buyers. The volumes are scaled up based on other available data. Figures are collected every week from dairies ...

Sign up to receive the Weekly Market Report and Grain Market Daily from AHDB. Earlier today, Defra released the final estimates for 2024 UK cereal and oilseed ...

Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) is a fungal pathogen that infects major UK cereals: wheat, barley, rye, triticale and, occasionally, oats. Although it does not particularly affect yield, it produces ...

We have launched the online edition of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) 2025/26. The latest edition of the variety guidance for farmers includes several eye-catching additions that ...

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 ...

The EU has released its latest medium-term agricultural outlook, providing projections for key sectors, including beef, lamb and pork, up to 2035.