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Keep up with the latest prices for agricultural production inputs, including red diesel and fuel, straw and bedding, livestock feed, crop fertiliser and agchems. See how global market pressures and trends are influencing prices for agriculture and what that means for your farm budget.

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INPUT MARKETS AND PRICES

Steep price rises put focus on machinery costs

High machinery costs, leading to a high depreciation burden, are forcing a rethink on replacement policies and how operations are managed. The relentless rise in machinery costs has pushed up…

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Farm input inflation more than double rate of output rises

Rises in farm output values are being dwarfed by soaring input costs, with July estimates calculating an annual ag inflation rate of 23.5% – more than double the 10.1% growth…

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Why a cohabitation agreement could help protect family farms

There has been a substantial increase in recent decades in the number of people choosing to live together without getting married. In 2020, 18% of couples who lived together in…

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Water deregulation: Farms ignoring opportunity to cut bills

It has been more than two years since the water market was deregulated in England, allowing businesses to pick their own water and sewerage supplier. This followed the lead set…

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Fertiliser market developments after disruption of 2022

As an island with just one domestic ammonium nitrate (AN) manufacturer, the UK is exposed, relying heavily on imports for crucial plant nutrients. Gas had become the feedstock of choice…

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Analysis: How arable farms can ease market volatility impact

The extent to which both output and input prices have swung about in recent years has surprised even the most seasoned of farming industry stakeholders. For example, in the first…

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Fuel price outlook: Red diesel steady but volatility remains

Fuel prices are at a level that may tempt many to fill the tank, having reached a 22-month low in mid-May and putting on just a couple of pence since…

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Food production jeopardised by sky-high energy costs

Dwindling supplies of some food types on UK supermarket shelves look set to continue, as farmers rein in production in the face of rampant energy inflation. Research by Farmers Weekly…

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Global supply constraints push up UK fertiliser prices

Fertiliser markets have started to ramp up in recent weeks, with rising oil and natural gas prices and tighter global supplies providing support. Imported ammonium nitrate stood at £362/t in…

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Red diesel pushed up above 80p/litre by high oil prices

Rising global crude oil markets, lower UK stocks and high distribution costs have been supporting red diesel prices in recent months. Traders say demand for use in agriculture has been…

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AIC issues advice on photo ID for fertiliser buyers

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has produced a flyer for farmers offering guidance on new fertiliser rules to be introduced this autumn. A change in the law will require farmers…

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CF Fertilisers UK plans to close ammonia plant at Billingham

Fertiliser manufacturer CF Fertilisers UK, a subsidiary of CF Industries, has announced it intends to permanently close its ammonia facility at Billingham, following the plant being idle for the past…

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