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FG investigates: As prices continue to rise at supermarkets, driving inflation higher, Cedric Porter investigates the gap between the retail price rises and the farmgate

Access to financing plus greater guidance and support will be key if UK farmers are to achieve the goal of carbon net zero by 2050, a new cross-industry report explains.

Beef prices are continuing to run at record levels, despite strong production and weaker retail demand, with reduced output elsewhere supporting the market.

Consumers are still looking for quality despite the cost-of-living crisis putting pressure on incomes, with historic food scandals still impacting buying habits.

As grain prices trade at their weakest since the start of the Ukraine war, Cedric Porter takes a look at the factors impacting the market.

Fertiliser prices continue to fall and are now at pre-Ukraine war levels. It could mean that crop yields and production is boosted globally, putting further pressure on prices.

Despite an increase in operating costs of 27 per cent, grain cooperative Openfield has reported a rise in profits from £0.1 million to £3.1 million in the year ending June 2022.

With a wide difference in incomes between different agricultural sectors this season, Cedric Porter reports on the latest Farm Business Income figures.

With reduced support payments being increasingly felt, Cedric Porter spoke to business consultants Andersons about what the future holds for farm businesses.

As Ukraine marks one year since the Russian invasion, Cedric Porter looks at the ripple effect it has had throughout agriculture.