Charlie Reeve
Markets Editor at Farmers Weekly
Markets Editor at @FarmersWeekly - Based in Surrey. Weekends on farm in Warwickshire if the sun shines. ✉️ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Charlie Reeve
UK wheat prices remain at the mercy of the global market, having struggled to get much traction at all so far in 2025, but they appear to be turning a corner. Prices collected by Farmers Weekly put milling wheat at £182.3/t on 7 May, upby almost £6/t on the week. A dearth of market drivers has left prices lacklustre, with further pressure coming from a potentially large carryover of wheat and adverse exchange rates.
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Charlie Reeve
Dry weather this spring has allowed growers to push on with field work, plant earlier than usual and get potatoes in the ground. However, drought conditions in some areas are starting to raise concerns over crop conditions and potential yields. Potatoes accounted for 118,000ha of land in 2024, according to Defra, with the industry forecasting total UK production at close to 4.5m tonnes last year.
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1 week ago |
fwi.co.uk | Charlie Reeve
Anglesey-based milk processor Mona Dairy has reinstated its cheese line and is due to start small-scale production of Cheddar at its site later in May. Mona Dairy went into administration last year with many of its suppliers still owed money. However, after raising additional funding, it is due to relaunch under a new name and plans to increase production throughout the next year.
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4 weeks ago |
fwi.co.uk | Charlie Reeve
The NFU is planning a fresh campaign to engage directly with Labour MPs in rural constituencies, to convince them of the folly of the chancellor’s plan to impose inheritance tax (IHT) on family farms. Lobbying by the NFU to alter the government’s controversial changes to IHT, have so far fallen on deaf ears at the Treasury. This is despite mass farming rallies in Westminster and suggestions of a clawback mechanism as an alternative approach for government.
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1 month ago |
fwi.co.uk | Charlie Reeve
Analysis carried out by farm business analytics company Yagro show how, after accounting for inflation, ex-farm prices for wheat have fallen in recent decades. Industry figures show 1t of wheat 50 years ago would be worth the equivalent to roughly £600/t today when factoring in inflation, putting it at more than three times current ex-farm prices.
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A handful of Labour MPs finally broke rank at yesterdays Westminster Hall debate and suggested potential tweaks to IHT proposals from the autumn budget. Does this mark a shift in momentum? And more importantly, will ministers listen? https://t.co/qGBulLKgVZ
