16 August 2022

Global maize balance supporting grain price: Grain market daily

As mentioned in yesterday’s Market Report, on Friday, in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA trimmed global maize production for 2022/23 by 6.3Mt from July's estimate, to 1,179.6Mt. This is on account of smaller EU and US crops, despite larger Ukrainian and Russian crops forecasted month-on-month.

12 August 2022

GB harvest progresses at pace & AHDB outlooks are now live: Grain market daily

This year’s harvest progress is excellent so far, with 63% of the total GB harvest complete, far exceeding the five-year average.

25 March 2025

Digital grain passport update: Grain market daily

Today’s grain market daily is a Digital Grain Passport update. This project is facilitated by the AHDB and aims to digitise the current paper passport that is used by growers, hauliers, processors and merchants.

10 August 2022

What’s driving prices this week? Grain market daily

UK feed wheat futures continue to move sideways this week.

9 August 2022

What does the rise in interest rates mean for UK arable farmers? Grain market daily

Last Thursday, the Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%, the highest level since the start of 2009.

5 August 2022

GB winter barley and oilseed rape harvests near completion: Grain market daily

This is the second harvest report of the 2022/23 season and covers the beginning of harvest up to 02 August 2022. This report uses data from all 10 reporting regions. Harvest is nearly complete for winter barley and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) giving confidence in the data presented.

23 January 2026

Rising natural gas prices: Grain market daily

In recent weeks, UK natural gas prices have been rising to levels not seen since March. Why? Rising natural gas prices have been fuelled by the squeeze in Russian gas supplies and increased EU demand.

2 August 2022

Palm oil reducing the price floor for vegetable oils: Grain market daily

Yesterday, there were multiple stories pressuring grain and oilseed markets. The main one being that the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain left the port of Odessa. The first since 24 February 2022.

29 July 2022

What could more Russian wheat do to the global wheat balance? Grain market daily

Northern hemisphere wheat harvests are currently progressing. Within the next few weeks there should be clearer understanding of global wheat supplies for the 2022/23 marketing year.

27 July 2022

Mid-week market update: Grain market daily

Yesterday, we saw some renewed support across UK feed wheat contracts. These gains followed the movements in wider global grain markets. Below I run through some key market drivers this week and watchpoints going forward.

26 July 2022

EU cuts maize yield outlook after hot, dry July weather: Grain market daily

The European Commission has sharply reduced its yield forecast for maize and other summer crops, following prolonged hot and dry weather conditions in the bloc during 1 June – 18 July.

22 July 2022

Swift start to GB harvest: Grain market daily

The dry weather has enabled farmers to make a good start to the winter barley and winter oilseed rape harvest in Southern and Eastern regions of England. Winter barley harvest progress has been exceptionally rapid with 69% of the English, Welsh and Scottish harvest already complete. The next earliest harvest was 2006, where 45% was complete by week 2.

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