Beef & Lamb
14 July 2021
With many animals across the country being – or soon to be – turned out, let’s take a look at how grass growth has been performing in 2021 so far.
14 July 2021
GB finished cattle prices rose for the sixth consecutive week to reach 396.1p/kg for the week ending 3 April
13 July 2021
Old season lamb prices in the ring nudged up in the latest week, while deadweight prices slipped.
14 July 2021
The EU produced 6.8 million tonnes of beef in 2020, down 1.2% from the year before, according to European Commission data.
14 July 2021
GB finished cattle prices lifted yet again in the latest week. The GB all prime averaged increased 3.6p on the week before, averaging 391.8p/kg for the week ending 27 March.
30 January 2024
UK ex-farm wheat prices backed off in March, following a weakening in global grain markets. UK spot feed wheat was quoted at £199.10/t, down £3.00/t from last month (18 Feb-25 Mar), in the week ending 25 March.
30 March 2021
Tim Rycroft has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
14 July 2021
Like prime cattle prices, cull cow prices have continued to rally this year
6 March 2025
Independent evidence-based analysis on the opportunities and challenges for the sheep sector over the next 10 years
1 April 2021
AHDB’s latest Horizon report sets out the long-term outlook for the sheep sector in England.
14 July 2021
According to the latest Defra survey, the UK cattle population totalled 9.4 million head as of the 1 December, 1% (93k head) less than the same point in the previous year.
13 July 2021
As of the 1 December, the total sheep population in the UK totalled 21.84 million head, 4% (930k head) lower than the same point in the previous year, according to the latest survey from Defra.
