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Several charts are presented depicting statistics on trends and prices of grains and livestock auctions in Great Britain as of July 2015 including one on sheep auction, other on grains, oilseeds & pulses, and another on cattle auctions.

Several charts and graphs are presented depicting several topics related to livestock and grain prices in Great Britain including oilseed rape prices as of January 2015, average pig prices as of January 3, 2015, and prices of hay and straw as of January 11, 2015.

Several charts are presented depicting the global prices of wheat, cattle and sheep along with their demand and forecast as of December 2014.

The article offers tips for installation of renewable energy projects by those who have already invested in renewable energy in farms in Great Britain. Tips include views of Stephen Temple of Copys Green Farm in Norkfolk on installing a combined heat and power anaerobic digester, Jonathan Sharp of Tewitt Hall Farm in Yorkshire on installing 50 kilo watt (kW) Endurance E-3120 wind turbine and Robert Ramsay of Mains of Kinblethmont farm in Arbroath on installing Earthfire batch biomass boilers.

The article focuses on a new project called Farm Power Initiative developed for benefits of farm-based renewable energy generation in Great Britain. Topics of the initiative include energy generation potential in Great Britain farms ranged between 10 gega watt (GW) and 20GW, 76 percent respondents of the survey of farmers by the periodical believe that renewable energy could have greater impact in their business and views of Ian Watt from sustainability charity Forum for the Future.

The article focuses on the commitment of farmers in Great Britain to keeping things local. Andrew and Debbie Booth, owner of The Store in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, promote the business through farmers' markets and use of social media. Miranda Kendall and Simon Gibson of Maple Farm in Suffolk, England capitalized on a strong local food economy to establish the brand for the local market. Will Simkin of Essington Fruit Farm in Staffordshire, England maximizes profit and minimizes wastes.

The article offers information about the organic crop market in Great Britain. It cites the shortage of home-grown organic cereals and proteins which impedes the development of organic livestock production in the country. Arable units could earn 60% of their conventional wheat yield under an organic farming scheme. It emphasizes the need for organic arable growers to learn fertility building and weed control.

The article focuses on the concerns of aging tenant farmers regarding retirement in Great Britain. Tenants are concerned where would they live after the retirement amidst the rising house prices. It suggests that landowners should provide the tenant with a retirement income aside from the Single Farm Payment. Some of the benefits available to retiring tenants are the Council Tax Benefit, the Housing Benefit, Disability Benefit and Attendance Allowance. INSET: RELUCTANCE TO RETIRE HITS NEW ENTRANTS IN SCOTLAND.

The article offers advice on producing organic livestock in Great Britain. The market for organic meat has increased in the country and prices are becoming strong. The limiting factors for organic meat include the availability of organic grain and other feeds. The rules and regulations affecting the market of organic meat are also presented.

The article answers various questions on retiring from day-to-day farming. The most important thing is to be clear about what you want to achieve. For most farming families this involves three things: an income in retirement for parents, retaining the family farm and ultimately a fair distribution of assets between children.

The article offers tips for farmers on their insurance. One way of reducing insurance costs is cutting the insurance coverage. Ensuring the safety of farm can reduce insurance risk. A public liability insurance compensates a policyholder in cases of being liable for injury to members of the public. Richard Scott, general manager at Rural Insurance Group, emphasizes the need for reporting losses when making insurance claims.

Offers financial tips for farmers. Need for making a will; Inspection of the legal ownership of house; Ways of claiming tax credits; Investments that will qualify as pension fund assets.

Suggests ways to improve personnel management in farms. Importance of providing fair bonus and incentive schemes; Factors to consider in providing parlour and cow housing conditions; Advantage of being aware of the changes to the British employment legislation.

Discusses the importance of planning for inheritance tax (IHT) to families that own farms in Great Britain. Assessment of the liability of an estate to pay IHT; Reduction of the value of qualifying assets through the reliefs; Retention of the nil rate band through a banding system.

The article offers suggestions to farmers who are considering to end farm tenancy in Great Britain. There is a statutory process for retiring from a traditional tenancy, which begins with the service of a notice to quit by the tenant. The notice to quit should be served 12 months before the term date at which farmers want the tenancy to end, says Tony Rimmer of Carver Knowles. Tenants are entitled to statutory compensation for the value of tenant right.

The article offers information on farm tenancy succession planning. It states that tenancies granted before July 12, 1984 carry succession rights but this will not generally be referred to in the tenancy agreement. One has to get the landlord to accept that the successor is suitable. If the landlord accepts the applicant, a succession during the lifetime of the tenant wishing to retire can be agreed at any point.

The EU-27 cereal harvest combined with the UK crop is forecast to fall slightly to just under 303m tonnes in 2020. France, Denmark, and the UK are also forecast to see lower yields than last year, with the UK wheat yield estimated at an average of 7.38t/ha, compared with last year's 8.9t/ha. The EU's 2020 corn maize crop is put at 65m tonnes, against last year's 61.0m tonnes, with the acreage expected to gain from the drop in winter cereal acreages. [Extracted from the article]

Global dairy prices are coming under pressure from coronavirus, now known as Covid-19, which is affecting almost all commodity markets. Apart from the immediate practical supply chain logistics, the uncertainty as to its impact on Chinese demand for dairy commodities looms large over markets, says Peter Meehan, senior commodity analyst at global broker INTL FCStone. [Extracted from the article]

Q. My husband lives on our family farm with his father and mother, in a partnership of father (50% share), mother (25%) and grandmother (25%). A share in a farming partnership is not classified as disregarded capital and would be brought into account in the local authority assessment. The retirement of a partner, whether under the partnership agreement or by court order, will not necessarily transfer the retiring partner's capital to the partnership (in other words, the partnership capital will not automatically be restructured). [Extracted from the article]

All eyes are on China's unpredictable demand, complex trade talks and the uncertainty over coronavirus, says COFCO UK trading director Stuart Shiells. Grain markets found support from mid-December, with prices driven by strong cash markets and logistics-related supply issues in France. [Extracted from the article]

I'll confess, I'm not much of a linguist, but rather than admit my own schoolboy failings for this tongue-tied inadequacy, I prefer to blame Mademoiselle Martin, who tried to teach me French at Clacton Grammar. Meanwhile, in a seemingly parallel universe, there is a bit of a debate going on at the moment as to whether farmers in Britain should be allowed to shoot pigeons and crows in order to protect their crops and livestock. To add insult to injury, while the skylark slaughterers on continental farms will continue to receive farm support through the CAP, their English counterparts get lectures on causing skylark decline and are then told food production is no longer a public good. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers could see a slight rise in milk price very soon, said Arla Foods chief executive Peder Tuborg at a briefing on the co-op's accounts. While the milk price for members was stable for a record 14 months in a row, there was a huge and rapid price shift between categories, with fat prices falling and protein rising. [Extracted from the article]

A decision is needed in the next week to 10 days on relaxing the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) three-crop rule, so that claimants can avoid trying to establish crops in hopeless conditions. "We're certainly still hopeful that Defra will bend on the crop diversification rules", Mr Dunn told Farmers Weekly. [Extracted from the article]

The AHDB Dairy milk-to-feed price ratio for November 2019 averaged 1.25, down 0.04 on the previous month. The ratio is a measure of how much feed can be bought with one litre of milk, and the latest drop is a combination of lower milk prices and some feed costs trending higher. [Extracted from the article]

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is asking landlords to consider offering their tenants rent abatements to help them cope with the effects of months of poor weather. Abatements are outside the scope of tenancy agreements and tenancy law, said Mr Dunn, who hoped that the call would allow tenants to feel able to approach their landlords. [Extracted from the article]

Export demand and slow farmer selling have pushed up feed bean prices by £12/t in two weeks. Mid-January saw feed bean prices averaging about £185/t ex-farm. [Extracted from the article]

Increasingly unpredictable weather has added to market volatility in recent years, we look at how you can reduce your farm business from these risks. For the most part, the financial impact of weather extremes is absorbed by UK farm businesses, except where risks are insured and in limited circumstances where compensation is paid. [Extracted from the article]

Whether you have a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly's Business Clinic experts can help. If you can make a success of the business and keep it running, your income from holiday letting cottages could be higher than on a long-term residential tenancy. [Extracted from the article]

Whether you have a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly's Business Clinic experts can help. In terms of your query about employment benefits, which would include holiday pay and pension contributions, this is something that would be decided by the employment tribunal. [Extracted from the article]

The Energy Technology List (ETL) covers a set of energy-saving items such as biomass boilers, electric motors and lighting which qualify for full tax relief through the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) tax scheme. For example, a sole trading farmer who makes an annual profit of £50,000 and buys an ETL-listed heat recovery unit for their dairy farm or refrigeration unit for a packhouse, paying £20,000, could see a tax saving of £5,800 in that tax year. However, Mr Appleyard notes that with the current Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) being £1m, many farmers and other small and medium-sized businesses have recently found they do not need to claim ECA to receive the same tax benefits. [Extracted from the article]

Grain prices are rising on the back of increases in global markets, alongside growing concerns for the UK's crops in the ground and those yet to be drilled. Despite a fast wheat export pace so far this season, much of the bumper 2019 crop overhangs the market, limiting price rises. [Extracted from the article]

Meadow Foods is raising its farmgate milk price by 0.5p/litre from 1 February. Mark Chantler, chief executive of Meadow Foods, said: "We are aware of continued pressures on farmers and are pleased to be able to pass on this price rise, despite the mixed messages on price we are receiving from the markets we sell into. [Extracted from the article]

Farmers worried about meeting the three-crop rule because of impossible drilling conditions are being encouraged to consider their options if they want to safeguard the greening element of their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money. Spring cropping can be used to help meet crop diversification rules, as spring and winter varieties count as different crops independent of their sowing date. [Extracted from the article]

Meadow Foods increased its pre-tax profits to £25.6m in the year to 31 March 2019, up from £22m in 2018. A statement from Meadow Foods said the growth was achieved by expanding its portfolio of food ingredients, including its acquisition of Roil Foods - a business manufacturing edible dairy-based oils. The product range includes sweetened condensed milk, chocolate crumb, butter oil, soft cheese, yoghurt, sour cream and creme fraiche. [Extracted from the article]

Good availability and the wet autumn and winter have pushed some fertiliser prices as low as they have been for years. Farmers will have to weigh price and delivery risks this spring, alongside whether they will even be able to use fertiliser at all on some ground, making decisions even trickier than usual. [Extracted from the article]

Finished lamb prices are holding steady with the SQQ well above 200p/kg liveweight. Lamb consumption - competitive landscape for red meat, challenged by chicken and pork prices, with lamb retail sales down 0.6% year-on-year (Kantar 52 weeks to 6 October 2019), following a 7.9% fall in 2018. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the advantages of risk management and farm insurance to farmers and their businesses. It cites some of the most common areas for potential claims by members of the public including sharp implements. John Johnstone, a FarmWeb broker at Carron Insurance, believes that there has been an increase in public and employer liability claims in farm businesses. Regular electric checks and testing are among the risks to farm businesses that are subject to legal requirements.

The article offers insights on recruiting migrant labour in Great Britain. It cites that the Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 obliges employers to check on anyone they intend to hire. It states that the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme gives temporary employment for foreign students from non- European Union countries. Graeme Walker, principal inspector with the Health and Safety Executive, says that the health and safety laws also apply to European workers if they are legal. INSETS: John Davison;Andrew Nottage;Andrew Sharpley.

New Red Tractor assurance rules for arable businesses with contract farming agreements (CFAs) in place are now in force, with farmers urged to check they are compliant to avoid problems selling grain. Landowners selling a crop that has been grown or managed by a contractor are now required, as a minimum, to have an "owner" membership that links to the contractor's full RT membership. The new rules only apply to contract farmers who are responsible for the day-to-day farm management on behalf of a landowner, not businesses that are simply providing ad-hoc services to arable farms, such as contract spraying. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an interview with Rita Exner of the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association. She tells about the growth in numbers of farmers' markets in Great Britain as of December 16, 2005. She enumerates the areas that farmers should know about legislation, including food safety. She remarks on the need for training of farmers. She offers tips for farmers on products to sell in a market. She states the insurance needed by farmers.

The article offers advice from experts on horse livery. Consultant Tony Kernon states the amount of capital needed for starting a horse livery. Payment terms and horse management should be included in a livery contract. Bob Pluck of South Essex Insurance Brokers mentions the amount of public liability cover for livery businesses.

This article answers questions on renting a farm cottage in Great Britain as of September 2005. Possession cannot be obtained from a tenant under the usual two-month notice procedure if the notice period expires within the fixed term of the tenancy or within the first six months of the tenant's occupation. A tenancy agreement granted to more than one tenant should state that the tenants' obligations under the tenancy are joint and several. The tenancy agreement usually specifies that rent is paid by standing order from the tenant's bank account monthly in advance.

Offers tips on launching a farm shop in Great Britain. Need for a planning permission for the shop; Estimated cost of building a shop; Acceptance of credit cards from shop customers.

Discusses the single farm payment rules for farm businesses in Great Britain. Description of the market price of cereals; Areas covered by the statutory management requirements of the cross-compliance; Information on the good agricultural and environmental conditions.

States the importance of marketing in the spring crop planning process in Great Britain for 2004. Break crops that are ideal for the season; Variation of premiums for peas and beans; Advantage of spring barley over other crops.

Pre-tax profits rose 5.2% to £16.3m in the year to 31 August at animal feed, rural retail and engineering firm Carr's Group. The firm bought trace element and supplement company Animax in September 2018 and plans to develop this as a centre of excellence for innovation and product development for the wider agriculture division. [Extracted from the article]

The US's largest dairy processor, Dean Foods, has applied for bankruptcy protection as it tries to reorganise its debt and process the sale of the business. Among its 50 brands are the longest-established and top-selling US liquid milk DairyPure and leading flavoured milk brand TruMoo. Dairy Farmers of America was formed in 1998 when, facing growing processor power, four of the US' leading milk co-operatives merged. [Extracted from the article]

Clock ticking on £35m diversification grant scheme Farmers have just three months to lodge their initial bids for funding under a new £35m rural grant programme. The scheme, run by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), aims to create diversifications that boost rural jobs, increase tourism and encourage business growth. [Extracted from the article]

New-crop grain prices have climbed as the rain keeps falling, with harvest 2020 values for feed wheat ranging from £143-£153/t. New-crop futures have been on a rising trend since early September, when the November 2020 London feed wheat contract was at £140/t. By early November, it had topped £159/t. [Extracted from the article]