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The uplift in cattle prices of recent weeks slowed in week ended 11th May read more

With more new season lambs entering the market, the dynamics of the trade have started to change read more

Provisional data for April milk deliveries of approximately 1,111m litres are 93m litres (7.7%) down on the previous year read more

In April, the DAPP averaged 160.9p/kg, almost 4p up on the month. At the same time, the average retail price came down by a small amount read more

The GB weekly average price fell by £7.68/t to £295.35/t and the free-buy average fell by £22.02/t to £368.39/t. read more

The first USDA estimates for world production in 2013-14 forecast record maize and wheat production, citing larger planted areas and a rebound in yields from the US (maize) and the Former Soviet Union (wheat) read more

The USDA has released its first soyabean supply and demand estimates for the new season read more

UK malting barley export prices are at €245/t FOB (spring, South Coast) w/e 11th April. read more

The latest National Statistics produced by Defra on the activity of UK hatcheries and poultry slaughterhouses. read more

USDA’s latest quarterly stocks report, released on 28th September, estimated US maize stocks (at 1st September) at 25.1m t, down 12% on the same point in 2011 and the lowest since 2004. read more

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PAPERS

Sainsbury’s shares soared by as much as 20 per cent yesterday on rumours of a takeover bid. Speculation tore around the City that the Qatari Investment Authority was back - two years after failing to land the chain in a £10.6 billion deal.

Premier Foods, the maker of Oxo stock cubes and Branston pickle said Hovis bread sales were up by 22 per cent in the 13 weeks to September 26, while sales at its grocery division were 2 per cent higher than a year ago.

The Church of England has been accused of double standards for trying to sell 300 acres of farmland to developers while championing environmental causes. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, this week urged Britons to avoid imported food in favour of home-grown produce. However, Nick Gibb, a Tory MP, said the Archbishop could be open to charges that he “says one thing but does another”.

The Norfolk dumpling an apple that was last recorded in 19 20, has been brought back to life in the garden of a former rectory. The fruit was thought to have died out almost 90 years ago before Kevin Browne, a retired GP, found an ageing specimen when he took on the orchard in Creake, Norfolk in the 1980s.