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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

Fewer than 20,000 egg-laying hens are still in conventional cages in the UK – with the number falling every day, farming minister Jim Paice has said. Paice revealed the figure this week in a written statement to the House of Commons. Earlier this year, it emerged that half a million hens on 30 farms across the UK were still in conventional cages, despite a European Union ban on the cages coming into force on 1 January.

Parliamentarians from around the UK had a close-up look at the operations of Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons as part of a programme to familiarise MPs and peers with how the economy works on the ground. Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips briefed the party of 11-strong cross-party group of MPs, an MEP and a peer. They visited Morrisons ‘Store of the Future’ in Kirkstall, Leeds, followed by lunch at Morrisons’ head office on Gain Lane, prepared by executive chef and head of innovation Neil Nugent.

Ceredigion farmer Maelgwyn Davies has been elected chairman of the FUW’s new arable, horticulture and cropping committee. The committee held its inaugural meeting last week at the union’s head office in Aberystwyth. First on the agenda were CAP reform proposals for crop diversification, together with biotechnology and food security. Mr Davies runs 300 pedigree Charolais cattle and 220 Welsh ewes on the family’s 350-acre farm. He also has 65-70 acres of barley, wheat and maize for cattle feed. In 1995 he diversified by setting up a go-cart track.