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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

Five piglets destined to refresh the pig gene pool in the Falklands have arrived safely after their 18-hour flight turned into a 42-hour adventure.

Cambridgeshire farmer Guy Kiddy’s pigs spent an unscheduled 24 hours in Chile after their flight was diverted because of snowstorms at Mount Pleasant.

New owner Andrez Short said they were now settling into their new field and were "very happy and friendly pigs".

They were looked after on the journey by Falkland Islands vet Zoe Luxton.

Workers at the Olympics site in Stratford have won a small battle against the hamburger tyrant: staff working on the Games’ opening ceremonies are now able to buy non-McDonald’s chips.

The ban (which gave the chain exclusive rights to sell chips in and around Olympic venues, the only exception being for caterers serving them with fish) was lifted yesterday. Before the ban some samidzat potato products had found their way into the park under Ronald’s red nose: dauphinoise, which resembles a chip in no way at all; and waffles, which could, I suppose, almost be deemed a species of chip.

The summer washout is serving up more misery – by driving up the cost of a bag of chips.

Chip shop owners across Greater Manchester are being forced to charge more after the wettest June on record pushed up potato prices.

Some chippies have added 10-15p for a bag already – and industry experts warn potato prices could stay high for at least six months.

Farmers in northern England are losing up to 40 per cent of their crop in the rain-soaked fields and are raising prices by £50 a tonne to cover costs. The price hike has been passed down the supply chain to chip shop owners and is set to be handed on to consumers.