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Is the recent bullish news providing a marketing opportunity? Grain market daily

27 June 2023

Is the recent bullish news providing a marketing opportunity? Grain market daily

With harvest 2023 fast approaching, inputs into 2024 harvest are starting to be procured and planting intentions finalised.
Could US maize yields drive prices up? Grain market daily

23 June 2023

Could US maize yields drive prices up? Grain market daily

There’s a good link between US crop conditions at silking (maize’s reproductive phase) and how the final yield compares to the long-term yield trend.

Analyst Insight: Rapeseed market influences – where next for soyabeans?

22 June 2023

Analyst Insight: Rapeseed market influences – where next for soyabeans?

Chicago soyabean futures (Nov-23) have seen consecutive daily gains since close on Friday 9 June. The contract has gained a total of 14% ($61.72/t) over this period, to yesterday’s close at $505.91/t. This is the highest point since 6 March. Last week especially, we saw the support from soyabean markets lead to rapeseed market gains too.

What’s moving wheat prices? Grain market daily

21 June 2023

What’s moving wheat prices? Grain market daily

Dry weather concerns across the globe and continued worries on whether the Black Sea Initiative (Ukrainian export corridor) will be extended. This is building some uncertainty into new season grain supply, supporting price levels.
Could it be cost beneficial to sell at harvest? Grain market daily

20 June 2023

Could it be cost beneficial to sell at harvest? Grain market daily

With inflation still historically high, interest rates are still on the rise. The market is pricing in further interest rate hikes in 2023, with some predicting that the Bank of England base rate could rise to 5.4% by the end of 2023, before slowly falling over the next five-years.

Dry weather and Black Sea talks driving markets: Grain market daily

16 June 2023

Dry weather and Black Sea talks driving markets: Grain market daily

Continuing worries about rising tensions in the Black Sea and the impact of dry weather in some of the key grain producing regions pushed prices up yesterday.

ELMS Landscape Recovery – what to look out for in round two: Grain market daily

16 June 2023

ELMS Landscape Recovery – what to look out for in round two: Grain market daily

With the second round of the Landscape Recovery scheme open for applications, how are farmers feeling about the major changes occurring in domestic agricultural policy, and what are their attitudes towards the scheme?

Black Sea tensions on the rise: Grain market daily

14 June 2023

Black Sea tensions on the rise: Grain market daily

The last few days have seen a rally in global grain markets. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam and the shelling of the ammonia pipeline that transits Russian ammonia through Ukraine, have both contributed to concerns over the future of Ukrainian supplies.

Why should I contribute to the AHDB Planting & Variety Survey? Grain market daily

14 June 2023

Why should I contribute to the AHDB Planting & Variety Survey? Grain market daily

We are coming to the end of the data collection for the AHDB Planting & Variety Survey (PVS), which is set to close this coming Friday 16 June.
Further falls in fertiliser prices: Grain market daily

9 June 2023

Further falls in fertiliser prices: Grain market daily

Spot prices for UK produced Ammonium Nitrate (AN) averaged £390/t in May, down 11.2% from April, according to latest AHDB data.

Putting Midwest weather worries in context: Analyst insight

9 June 2023

Putting Midwest weather worries in context: Analyst insight

Worries about dry weather in the US Midwest, the US main maize and soyabean production area, helped prices to rise in the past week. But, for the impact on prices to be sustained, we need to see the worries continue.
Have we had enough rain in May for a large wheat crop? Grain market daily

7 June 2023

Have we had enough rain in May for a large wheat crop? Grain market daily

UK weather in spring can be an indicator for national wheat yields and at times people can reiterate that old farming adage of “wet and cold May plenty of corn and hay”.

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