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An NFU commissioned report has shown that increased cost of production is risking fruit and veg businesses future development

It has been a year of up horn and down corn

International factors are driving the grain market, with the prospect of more Black Sea wheat and a delayed order for French wheat by the Chinese putting pressure on prices.

Food retail inflation is starting to ease, but it is still at a much higher rate for key products than farmgate inflation

Outdoor bred pork was becoming less important to consumers as higher prices hit home

Profits on dairy farms were forecast to plunge by more than a half this milk year, as lower prices and stubbornly high costs combine, warned accountants Old Mill and the 51AVÊÓƵConsultancy Group at this week's Dairy Show

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley (September 29)

It comes as ASF is found for the first time in Sweden

Harvest has ‘limped to a close' in the UK, with a standstill in the grain markets as the industry waits on global news.

Farmland values have continued to rise so far in 2023, despite uncertainty in the economy and prices declining in the general property market.