Practical beef and sheep marketing tips
Maximising returns from beef and sheep is the aim of a new joint publication by EBLEX and the NFU. ‘A Farmer’s Guide to Selling Finished Beef and Sheep’ provides a checklist covering market...
View ArticlePlan to gain from a day out
Got a planning issue, interest or challenge? Then head off the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants’ rural planning conference on 13 October at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire. The day...
View ArticleGDP growth to support global meat prices
Global meat supplies are likely to tighten further next year, which should help keep prices firm, according to a Rabobank report. Barring any major economic disruption, it predicted GDP growth –...
View ArticleTraditional beef breeds get top billing at Morrisons
Morrisons Traditional Breeds Beef Range hits the shelves this week, promoting quality cuts from native British cattle. Two hundred farms have been producing Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen Angus and...
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Better news for future beef supplies
There are encouraging signs that the national beef supply base is stabilising, according to EBLEX. Analysis of British Cattle Movement Service data showed that just under 2.63m calves were registered...
View ArticleLamb’s share of retail price grows but beef and pork struggle
Sheep producers received a bigger share of the retail price for lamb in December 2011, but beef and pig farmers saw little change, according to AHDB’s latest UK Market Survey. Strong export demand and...
View ArticlePositive outlook for world meat prices
Global beef and sheep prices are likely to remain firm in 2012 as demand from emerging economies grows against a backdrop of generally tight supplies, according to the latest AHDB International Meat...
View ArticlePositive outlook for beef prices
Beef farmers can be reasonably confident the firm markets that characterised 2011 will continue throughout this year, according to the EBLEX. It predicted UK prime beef and cull cow slaughterings would...
View ArticleScottish beef payment window opens
Beef farmers in Scotland started to receive their share of £22m of European funding this week as payments for the 2011 Scottish Beef Calf Scheme began. The Scottish Government said money would start...
View ArticleFigures show Welsh beef farmers are struggling to cover costs
The average Welsh suckler beef farmer has only covered two thirds of their production costs in the past year, new figures show. Statistics published in the Wales Farm Income booklet revealed that...
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