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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

A second round of trials into genetically modified crops is to take place in the UK.
Scientists from the University of Leeds have successfully applied to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for permission to conduct more tests on crops of potatoes that have been genetically modified to try to make them resistant to pests. The trials will assess a potato plant that will protect itself from nematodes, a worm-like pest which attacks the tubers as they grow in the soil.
 

A team of amateur investigators has claimed an “unidentified intelligence” is visiting farms in Shropshire and Wales to carry out bizarre experiments on unsuspecting sheep. The group, which calls itself the Animal Pathology Field Unit (APFU), said it has probed scores of unexplained animal attacks over the past decade and has ruled out military or government involvement. Incidents have been recorded from as far afield as Beddgelert, Gwynedd, to Knighton, Powys, with the latest occurring last month as 15 members staked out a hill farm near Radnor, Powys.
 

They might look like your average spring lambs, but these incredible creatures are set to reinvent British farming - because they can shear themselves. The remarkable self-shearing sheep have been bred to shed their winter coats naturally - reversing 7,000 years of farming tradition. The new breed, called Exlana, is being developed by farmers in South West England to lose their woolly coats automatically when the weather warms up.