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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

Surrey County Council has signed up an army of farmers to clear roads and a fleet of 4×4 vehicles to help the vulnerable during severe winter weather. This year an additional 15 farmers have been enlisted to use tractors and ploughs to clear snow-covered routes for drivers, taking the total number to 50. Surrey County Council Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment Ian Lake said: “Our 40-plus gritters and ploughs will be doing everything possible to keep Surrey moving in bad weather but they can’t treat every road in Surrey, which is why the support farmers provide is so important.”

The worst drought for 35 years means Britain is facing a potential water shortage, experts warned last night. Widespread restrictions on water use could have to be introduced and food prices could soar next year. Some areas have had the driest 12 months since 1976 when supplies reached critically low levels as reservoir stocks plunged. Farming chiefs also warned there would be a “significant” effect on agriculture without sufficient rainfall over the next few weeks.

Hundreds of British sheep farms – all but eight of them in Wales – could next year finally see the end of safety measures imposed as a result of radioactive fallout from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl 25 years ago. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is proposing lifting restrictions originally placed on 9,800 upland farms and more than 4m sheep in north Wales, including in the Snowdonia national park, Cumbria, southern Scotland and Northern Ireland after rain clouds dumped contaminated material from the blast in Ukraine, then part of the USSR, 1,600 miles away.