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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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Scotland’s farmers and landowners are being urged to establish large deer ranches to meet the growing demand for venison, if producers are to fend off competition from imports. A shortage of Scottish venison means thousands of deer carcases are being shipped to the UK from New Zealand, to which Scotland has exported live deer and breeding expertise. Britain is experiencing a growing enthusiasm for venison, popular as a nutritious, low-fat meat. But the dearth of homegrown product presents an opening for New Zealand’s deer farming industry – the largest in the world. We are going to create a vacuum in supply that can only be met from greater imports,” said Christian Nissen, owner and managing director of Highland Game, the UK’s biggest venison and game processor. “A lot of the expertise in New Zealand – and a lot of their breeding stock – originally came from Scotland. We are lagging behind, we need to catch up.”

Scotland’s farmers and landowners are being urged to establish large deer ranches to meet the growing demand for venison, if producers are to fend off competition from imports. A shortage of Scottish venison means thousands of deer carcases are being shipped to the UK from New Zealand, to which Scotland has exported live deer and breeding expertise. Britain is experiencing a growing enthusiasm for venison, popular as a nutritious, low-fat meat. But the dearth of homegrown product presents an opening for New Zealand’s deer farming industry – the largest in the world. We are going to create a vacuum in supply that can only be met from greater imports,” said Christian Nissen, owner and managing director of Highland Game, the UK’s biggest venison and game processor. “A lot of the expertise in New Zealand – and a lot of their breeding stock – originally came from Scotland. We are lagging behind, we need to catch up.”

It hardly matters to Argentina how high international wheat prices go in the wake of Russia’s export ban: its producers are unlikely to be able to cash in. For the past four years Argentine farmers have been grappling with wheat export limits, which the government says are to protect domestic prices, and also pay 23% in export taxes, further discouraging overseas sales.

A Chinese farmer who had the biggest pair of male breasts ever seen, has reunited with his wife after an operation to remove them. Guo Feng, 53, said his unusual chest had made his life unbearable and his partner Jia Ling had moved out of their home because she could no longer bear the taunts from their neighbours.
 

A farmer has called for a ban on the sale of Chinese lanterns after a fire at his Leicestershire farm. The National Farmers’ Union says the lanterns are a danger to the countryside. Farmer John Duffin, of Bruntingthorpe, said several paper lanterns, which float with a small flame inside them, landed on his farm on Sunday evening. Mr Duffin said his brother Bill was bailing straw when he saw the lanterns and extinguished the subsequent fire. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said the lanterns are a danger to the countryside.