In 2024, the global appetite for beef helped the value of the UK’s red meat exports reach its highest level, worth £1.77 billion. Full-year figures from HMRC show that in 2024, red meat exports, ...

Total UK dairy export volume for 2024 declined marginally by 0.3% at 1.22 Mn tonnes Growth in exports of cheese and curd, whey and whey products, yogurt, milk and cream were outweighed by decline in ...

UK sheep meat production is forecast to grow by 2% in 2025, reaching 272,000 tonnes, according to our latest analysis. This increase is largely supported by a higher carryover of lambs from 2024, ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) ended yesterday at £186.20/t, down £1.75/t from Tuesday’s close. The Nov-25 contract fell £2.50/t over the same period, to close at £197.50/t. The discount of old crop ...

The first half of the 2024/25 milk year saw sluggish growth, with wet weather in spring and lower prices leading to reduced yields. However, things started to turn around in September as prices ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) closed yesterday at £187.95/t, gaining £0.50/t from Monday’s close. New-crop futures (Nov-25) gained £2.10/t to close at £200.00/t. The domestic wheat market followed ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) ended yesterday at £187.45/t, down £1.95/t from Friday’s close. The Nov-25 contract fell £0.10/t over the same period, to close at £197.90/t. The discount of old crop UK ...

Prior to Christmas, 37% of consumers claimed that high quality products were important to their Christmas meat purchases (You Gov/AHDB Pulse November 2024). This desire for quality was seen as one of ...

Following a difficult winter, AHDB Beef and Lamb Engagement Manager Emma Steele looks at how sustainable forages like lucerne can help us adapt to changing weather patterns, balance soil health, ...

When the UK Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG) identified a population of Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent with clear resistance to glyphosate, few were shocked. In fact, many were ...

GB milk deliveries in January totalled 1,047 million litres, up 2.2% compared to the same period in 2024. Deliveries averaged at 33.8 million litres per day. For this year’s milk season far ...

UK feed wheat futures were little changed from Friday’s close at the end of trading yesterday amid mixed trends in global grain prices. The UK futures May-25 contract lost £0.35/t to settle at £189.30 ...