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Keep up with the latest prices for agricultural production inputs, including red diesel and fuel, straw and bedding, livestock feed, crop fertiliser and agchems. See how global market pressures and trends are influencing prices for agriculture and what that means for your farm budget.

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INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Why a cohabitation agreement could help protect family farms

There has been a substantial increase in recent decades in the number of people choosing to live together without getting married. In 2020, 18% of couples who lived together in…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Water deregulation: Farms ignoring opportunity to cut bills

It has been more than two years since the water market was deregulated in England, allowing businesses to pick their own water and sewerage supplier. This followed the lead set…

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How to find the best input deals with machinery rings

When Pembrokeshire arable growers Charles and Tom Rees need herbicides, fuel or seed, they don’t spend hours hunting for the best products and deals – the Pembrokeshire Machinery Ring (PMR)…

Lower cost of production only way to compete

The reduction of subsidies and abolition of milk quotas is throwing open the door to the global marketplace. If farmers want to become global traders they have to understand the…

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INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Ukraine war to squeeze farm margins as input inflation bites

Farming profitability is predicted to slide for all farm types in 2022 and 2023, as input cost rises bite and the gaps created by cuts to the Basic Payment Scheme…

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Market prices: 2019 performance in review

It's the time of year when many farmers will run their finger down the sales column and reflect on the times they managed to sell before a dip in trade…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Outlook 2019: High costs to force combinable crops rethink

Last season was a stark reminder of the risks associated with high-input, high-output production strategies, as extreme weather challenged even the best arable businesses. A surge in commodity prices provided…

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INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

No bids yet to secure future of CF's Ince fertiliser plant

A bid by a UK-based consortium to buy CF Fertiliser’s manufacturing site in Cheshire as a going concern is understood to have collapsed. According to the Telegraph, the UK Nitrogen…

INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Fall in June tractor registrations as supply issues worsen

June registrations of new tractors were down by 36.43% on the same month last year as disruption to the supply chain shows no sign of easing. The Agricultural Engineers Association…

BUSINESS

Future of Ince fertiliser plant in doubt as closure approaches

Speculation continues about the future of fertiliser production at CF’s Ince site in Cheshire, following the government’s rejection of a call for a loan of up to £10m to help…

BUSINESS

AN supply continues tight, urea availability is better

More than half of farmers' nitrogen requirements is estimated still to be ordered, and stocks of ammonium nitrate (AN) remain tight. Volatile gas prices have recently led to further European…

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