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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

This summer Berwick Young Farmers are delighted to be holding the Northumberland Young Farmers’ annual County Rally on Saturday, June 9 and preparations are already well underway. Kindly hosted by the Douglas family of West Ancroft Farm near Berwick, the rally returns to Berwick after 11 years - this time with an Olympic theme. The County Rally is an annual event incorporating a day of competitions followed by an evening of celebrations and entertainment attended by up to 400 current and past members.

A vermin controller says he has been threatened by animal rights campaigners ahead of a badger cull in the West Country. The man said he was phoned and told not to have anything to do with the pilot cull set to take place in Tewkesbury and the Forest of Dean. “I am a professional pest controller but I won’t be involved in the cull. The method they want to use is to shoot them. It’s too time intensive and won’t be effective." Farmer Andrew Cozens, from Eastington, condemned the threats. He said dairy farmers did not want to get rid of badgers, but must eradicate TB.

A farmer has spoken out against an undercover animal rights investigator who secretly filmed one of his pigs being beaten to death with an iron bar. The RSPCA said it had started an inquiry after seeing the "shocking" images of pigs being beaten at Harling Farm, East Harling, Norfolk. The farm has also been criticised by the Red Tractor food mark scheme, which promises the highest standards of animal welfare.