20 September 2024

Stronger sterling could challenge UK grain prices: Grain market daily

Yesterday sterling reached its highest level for over two and a half years against the US dollar.

19 September 2024

Key grain market drivers this week: Grain market daily

Across the last seven days, UK feed wheat futures have generally trended down. This is largely on the back of easing tensions in the Black Sea following last week’s missile strike, with competitive exports continuing to flow from the region.

18 September 2024

Wheat imports uphold strong pace into new marketing year: Grain market daily

HMRC recently released trade data for July, which offers insight into the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year.

17 September 2024

Funds cover shorts amid crop uncertainty: Grain market daily

Speculative traders, including investment funds, reduced their net-short positions in key grain and oilseed futures markets recently.

13 September 2024

Missile strike underpins wheat markets: Grain market daily

A Russian missile strike against a ship carrying Ukrainian wheat and wider supply concerns underpinned global wheat markets yesterday.

12 September 2024

Agonomics podcast takes a look at input costs: Grain market daily

In the latest Agonomics podcast AHDB gives an overview of how key input markets are shaping up, including straw, gas and fertiliser.

11 September 2024

Key factors influencing grain prices this week: Grain market daily

Global grain markets have fluctuated lately due to a combination of factors such as adverse weather, cuts to production estimates, rising global demand, export dynamics and trade tensions.

10 September 2024

Dry weather in Central Brazil could delay soyabean planting: Grain market daily

Ongoing dry weather and hot temperatures in Brazil have been in focus lately, as soyabean planting starts this month.

6 September 2024

Less wheat milled to start the new season: Grain market daily

The UK flour milling industry, including for starch and bioethanol, used 9% less wheat in July 2024 than in July 2023 shows data from AHDB.

16 January 2025

Natural gas prices are rising again: Analyst Insight

Natural gas prices in Europe have gone up a lot lately. The European natural gas futures for October 2024 reached €45.15/MWh on 9 August, the highest since December 2023 and 36% more than the average price this year (1 Jan – 4 Sep).

4 September 2024

Benign weather supports Australian wheat and barley: Grain market daily

On Monday, the latest quarterly Australian Crop Report was released by ABARES (part of Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) with revisions to estimates made in June.

3 September 2024

Malting premiums sharply lower on the year: Grain market daily

Ex-farm malting barley prices so far in 2024/25 are sharply lower than in the early months of last season (AHDB).

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