Farmers in our West and Wales or South West regions are already getting in touch with us following last month’s initial announcement. Applications for this position are open until Friday 28 March 2025 ...

Our Climate Change Adaptation report has found warmer, drier weather, more extreme rainfall and increased flooding means farming must start adapting to climate change now to lessen its impact as well ...

Enter your data to calculate how much it will cost to vaccinate your sheep against bluetongue virus and how much it could save you. A beef version will be available soon.

Data from our fungicide performance trials is used to plot dose-response curves. The charts show the average performance of fungicide products (disease and yield responses) across sites, seasons and ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) rose slightly yesterday, up £0.15/t from Tuesday’s close, to end the session at £174.60/t. The new crop contract (Nov-25) closed at £189.35/t, up £1.45/t over the same ...

On 11 December 2024, Defra published the UK Food Security Report for 2024. This Government are committed to publishing a report on food security in the UK every three years, this is the second update.

We recently switched on our sclerotinia infection risk tool for the 2025 season. Georgia Hassell explains how it can help target fungicide sprays to manage this oilseed rape disease. The recent ...

As he reaches his first 12 months in post, Graham Wilkinson reflects on AHDB's achievements over the past year and its aspirations for the future. We all know farming stands at a crossroads, facing ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) dropped to a new low yesterday, falling by £2.90/t to close at £177.50/t. The new crop contract (Nov-25) reached a six-week low, ending at £191.70/t, down £2.05/t ...

The European sheep flock continues to shrink, with a 1.5 million head decrease reported at the end of 2023. Adverse weather and disease made 2024 a difficult year for EU sheep producers. EU exports ...

EU and US demand helped drive the value of UK dairy exports in 2024 to £1.8 billion. Despite a challenging trading environment, the total value of UK dairy exports broadly matched 2023, with export ...

UK feed wheat futures (May-25) ended yesterday at £182.00/t, up £1.00/t from Monday’s close. The Nov-25 contract was up £0.75/t over the same period, to close at £194.75/t. Domestic wheat futures rose ...