Over the winter several people have asked us to tell them when they should start buying feed forward. Prices have now eased from mid-summer although prices until harvest are not very attractive but won’t get any better. We started buying for the feed groups last week. Interestingly, the forward prices for Rape and wheat are now within a few pounds of where the forward prices were in Jan 2019 for the 2019 autumn so not all bad news. The £/$ exchange rate is currently the bes

We are delighted to announce that Charlie Davies has joined our team as a Trainee Agricultural Consultant. Charlie graduated from Haper Adams Uinversity with a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture in 2017 and since then has worked in a range of farm roles and as a rep for a feed company which has given him a wide range of experience. We were very impressed with Charlie's enthusiasm and knowledge, and he was certainly put through his paces in a long interview process! We have always work

We have relied very heavily on soya and rapeseed meal for the last few decades but change has to come with pressure on the bad carbon footprint of soya and the agronomic problems with rapeseed forcing many growers to abandon it. Protein prices are currently very high and unlikely to return to 2019 prices in the short to medium term. At present the soya price for summer 2021 is around £90-£100 up compared to last year and Rape up by around £70. We need a more sustainable way o