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Financing Innovation – R&D Tax Relief

Agricultural businesses can leverage R&D tax credits, whether successful or not, to innovate in areas such as animal vaccines, sustainable practices, and technology use, with specialist support from Farmlytics and partners.

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Six Reasons Why Farmland Prices Will Continue to Rise

Farmland prices continue to rise, driven by key fundamentals.

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UK farming and the CPTPP

On Friday 31 March, the UK government announced it had reached an agreement to join the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership). The CPTPP is the first major trade agreement since Brexit – so what will be the impact of the CPTPP on UK farming? What is the CPTPP? The CPTPP is a Free Trade […]

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AI and Agriculture – What are the issues?

Artificial intelligence has the potential to increase productivity, reduce costs, minimize environmental impact, and improve sustainability in the agricultural sector. However, it is crucial to address the downsides and challenges associated with AI in agriculture to ensure equitable access, promote sustainable practices, and protect the interests of farmers.

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UK Food Price Inflation: Is it Here to Stay?

Agricultural price inflation continues to sit at historically high levels with the key inputs maintaining a higher rate of inflation than outputs. This will put pressure on farm incomes and impact farm cropping and stocking decisions throughout 2023 and beyond.

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Ukraine-Russia War Damages Food Security

Vladamir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is impacting food prices and leading to concerns over global food security. Food prices were rising sharply before the invasion, largely to due rising energy prices but it is now driving fuel, fertiliser, and food prices even higher. Ukraine’s new agriculture minister Mykola Solskyi has said that Ukraine’s ability to […]

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Farming and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is the major story of 2020 and the crisis is not going away any time soon. Despite some countries are starting to ease lock-downs and restart their economies there is real uncertainty over the timing of a return to normal life if at all, and the risk of a second wave of […]

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ASF’s Global Impact

African Swine flu is having a global impact on pork production and trade.

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Can Insect Farming Solve Europe’s Protein Feed Problem?

Insects are vital for farming as pollinators of crops and as predators of pests but livestock farmers are now looking more and more at insects as a source of feed. There is however, a growing interest and research on farming insects to provide a source of protein for both animals and humans. The global edible […]

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