Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

4 August 2022

Analyst insight: GB animal feed production hit 5 year low in 2021/22

In 2021/22 full season GB animal feed production* totalled 13,991Kt, the lowest level since 2016/17, according to the latest cereals usage statistics published by AHDB earlier today.

3 October 2022

Raising the profile of UK grain in Morocco

How AHDB helps keep UK cereals on the shopping lists of the country’s milling and feed compounding companies.

7 April 2026

Top tips for the management of insecticide resistance risks

Follow these top tips to minimise insecticide use and reduce resistance risks.

3 August 2022

The mechanisms of insecticide resistance in crop pests

Learn about the four insecticide resistance mechanism and the mode of actions (MoAs) affected.

3 August 2022

What causes insecticide resistance in crop pests?

Learn what drives the development of insecticide resistance.

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.

2 August 2022

Arable Market Report - 01 August 2022

Global grain markets remained supported last week, finding fresh strength from dry and hot conditions across the EU and US. News on Ukrainian grain exports continues to dominate market movements.

18 August 2022

Animal Welfare in New Zealand

The UK -New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is the first trade deal in which New Zealand has agreed an animal welfare chapter. Alongside each country’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments, the key objective within the deal is to enhance cooperation between the countries on the welfare of farmed animals.

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.

28 July 2022

Analyst insight: What does the 'cost-of-living crisis' mean for malting barley usage?

A large proportion of the malting barley grown in the UK is used to make malt for domestic brewing and distilling.

2 January 2024

Does the addition of calorie information to menus pose a threat to mental health?

In this blog post by Susie Stannard we discuss whether the addition of calorie information to menus, whilst helpful for the physical health of some consumers, might pose challenges to the mental health of others and ask whether there may be more sensitive ways to approach information delivery.