As producers continue to navigate a difficult energy environment, Michael Barker asks what’s in store in 2026 and how technology can help The debilitating energy cost increases seen in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may now be in the rear view mirror, but high prices continue to drain poultry producers’ bottom lines and periods of relief have been fleeting. Farm energy prices peaked in 2022-23, and although they began to stabilise and even fall in late 2024 and 2025, they remain significantly higher than in 2019. With producers all looking to lower their carbon footprints and become more…