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In week ended 5th January, the deadweight prime cattle average price levelled on the week at 365.0p/kg. read more

As domestic lamb continues to compete with increased volumes of cheaper imports and demand remains subdued, DW lamb prices eased in week ended 5th January. read more

World prices eased back towards the end of 2012 although remained at levels comparable to the same period in 2011. read more

Having shot to record levels during September and October, GB finished pig prices continued to rise in November and early December, albeit more slowly. read more

The GB weekly average price rose by £4.63/t to £227.93/t and the free-buy average fell by £4.45/t to £330.74/t. read more

Mid-January saw the release of much-anticipated information from the USDA in the form of world supply and demand estimates, US winter wheat plantings, final 2012 production estimates and quarterly stocks. read more

The USDA data set a bearish tone for oilseed markets with upward revisions to US and Brazilian crops. 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

Tesco has unveiled a new initiative to ensure that a Vietnamese fish which is growing in popularity across the UK reaches the shelves in the most humane way possible. Britain’s leading supermarket chain has joined forces with Cumbrian Seafoods, the country’s leading independent seafood supplier, who has spent two years developing a new process to ensure that the freshwater fish Pangasius, which is also known as Vietnamese River Cobbler or Basa, is humanely stunned before processing.The joint initiative – believed to be the first of its kind - is part of both companies’ on-going commitment to ensure the welfare of the fish they supply.

McDonald’s now biggest seller of coffee in UK. The fast food company only started selling freshly-ground coffee in 2007 when it offered cappuccinos and lattes for the first time – a decade after Starbucks and rival coffee chains opened up shop in Britain. According to NPD, a market research firm, McDonald’s in the second quarter of the year overtook Costa to become Britain’s largest seller of coffee drunk out of the home. All outlets, include petrol forecourts, supermarkets, and work place canteens are monitored.

Five top award-winning Welsh cheese producers have come together to form a new marketing group ─ the Teifi Valley Cheese Producers. Today’s official launch at the Great British Cheese Festival’s trade day at Cardiff Castle brings together the Carmarthenshire Cheese Company, Caws Cenarth, Hafod Welsh Organic Cheddar, Sanclêr Organic, and Teifi Farmhouse Cheese. Through the production of a bi-lingual brochure and website www.teifivalleycheeseproducers.com and the quality of their individual products the West Wales-based group is looking to gain the same reputation for cheese excellence in the Teifi Valley as France’s Loire Valley has for wine.

UK’s food and farming organisations join forces to save pesticide advisory bodies.Six of the UK’s biggest food and farming organisations have joined forces to urge the coalition Government not to knock consumer confidence in pesticides by scrapping or weakening the role of two key pesticide committees.The committees are the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) and the Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC). Both provide independent advice on the kind of pesticide issues frequently faced by growers.