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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

In the latest attempt by a supermarket to improve its environmental credentials, Sainsbury’s has announced plans to to generate energy from its food and packaging waste to heat customers’ homes. The announcement comes as the UK government is in the final stages of developing a new payout scheme for renewable heat generation. The Renewable Heat Incentive – the heat equivalent to the recently announced electricity feed in tariff – will come into operation next April and is due pay cash for heat generated from renewable sources, such as biomass, ground source heat pumps, and solar thermal technology. 

 Controversial Government plans to force millions of British dog owners to buy insurance have been quickly dropped after a furious public backlash. The Daily Express led the way in highlighting plans for the all-encompassing “devil dog tax”, which would have forced responsible owners to pay up to £600 a year in insurance so victims of attacks by dangerous breeds could be compensated. 

 The Humber could become a massive manufacturing base for wind turbines as three major companies consider basing themselves on the estuary, with the potential to create more than 10,000 jobs. The multinationals are looking at sites on the banks of the river to manufacture the giant 400ft turbines needed for offshore wind farms in the North Sea, the Yorkshire Post can reveal.

 Almost a third of butterflies in Europe are in decline and one in ten is threatened with extinction, according to a new study. There is particular concern for the Large Blue, which is endangered throughout the continent. This butterfly disappeared from the British countryside in 1979 but has been successfully reintroduced and is thriving in Somerset and Devon.