Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

28 April 2023

European weather in focus as spring plantings continue: Grain market daily

Over the last few weeks, focus in global grain markets has very much turned to new crop conditions in the northern hemisphere, so it’s important to look at European crop prospects for next season.

27 April 2023

Planting & Variety Survey is now open: Grain Market Daily

It is the time of the year again when data collection starts for the AHDB Planting & Variety Survey (PVS).

27 April 2023

Plan now to preserve water supply, National Drought Group urges

Experts have urged water companies and individuals to focus on preserving water now to get ahead of future dry spells, after the country experienced contrasting weather bouts over the past couple of months.

5 March 2025

Spring Grain Market Outlook 2023 roundup: Grain market daily

Yesterday, we held our Spring Grain Market Outlook webinar. At the peak, we had just under 250 people tuning it, which was great. If you missed it, don’t worry - you can watch the webinar back on YouTube, with the video detailed below. I also cover off some key points discussed yesterday too in today’s analysis.

25 April 2023

Join us this morning for Spring Grain Market Outlook webinar! Grain market daily

At 10:30am today, our team of market exports will be going live for our 2022 Spring Grain market Outlook webinar.

24 April 2023

Arable Market Report - 24 April 2023

Global grain markets closed down last week, pressured by favourable weather for US maize planting and resumed Ukrainian grain exports. Domestic futures movements followed global movements down.

21 April 2023

What could El Niño mean for oilseeds? Grain market daily

For the last three years we have constantly been writing about the La Niña weather event in the South Pacific, and notably how this impacts South America and Australia.

3 May 2024

Who are the UK’s key competitors?

We compared the UK’s relative cost of production for various agri-food products with key competitors, using data from agri benchmark, unless otherwise stated.

20 April 2023

Analyst Insight: Ukrainian grain weighs on EU markets

With the outbreak of war in Ukraine, movement of cereals and oilseeds from Ukraine changed. Eastern European countries become transit routes for Ukrainian grain that could not be shipped from Black Sea ports. Bottlenecks experienced in moving this grain has meant lots of grain has stayed in countries bordering Ukraine, pressuring grain prices for local farmers.

19 April 2023

US winter wheat crop struggles while spring plantings progress: Grain market daily

On top of concerns regarding the future of the export corridor deal in Ukraine, a key driver of global wheat markets this week has been reports of poor US winter crop conditions, with an ongoing drought in some key producing regions.

19 April 2023

Teachers inspired to educate children about food

Farmers have given teachers a deeper understanding of food production

18 April 2023

UK produced AN falls back below £500/t, but how low can it go? Grain market daily

In March, UK produced ammonium nitrate (AN) (34.5% N) for spot delivery averaged £465/t, according to the latest AHDB GB fertiliser prices. March’s average is down £166/t on the month and £374/t lower than levels recorded in March 2022. That said, the latest price remains £181/t higher than levels recorded in in March 2021 – pre-war times.