Cereals & Oilseeds
26 August 2025
Julie Clark provides an overview of Farmbench, including how its benefits extend far beyond the sphere of seasoned benchmarkers.
24 November 2025
An annual survey of the incidence and levels of key mycotoxins and other contaminants in representative commercial samples of UK-grown wheat, barley and oats and co-products.
19 August 2025
Last Tuesday, the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), which saw Chicago and Paris grain futures decrease.
26 August 2025
UK grain markets remain under pressure as Nov-25 UK feed wheat futures hit new contract lows last week, including on Friday (£167.00/t).
18 August 2025
The AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Sector Council has agreed to support a research project to help inform future discussions regarding farm assurance and standards for imported combinable crops.
15 August 2025
The latest trade data from HMRC, published yesterday, provides a full-season overview of UK grain and oilseed exports and imports for 2024/25 (July 2024 – June 2025). So, how did the trade levels perform?
14 August 2025
Last Thursday, the Bank of England decided to reduce the interest rate from 4.25% to 4.00%, the lowest it has been since March 2023.
14 August 2025
As harvest progresses, and even comes to an end for some growers in the UK, focus is beginning to turn to next year’s crops. So, what changes can we expect in cost of production for harvest 2026?
13 August 2025
Overall, feed production across the industry was down (-1.4%). However, feed demand across the UK’s cattle sector rose notably (+5%) in the 2024/25 season compared to the five-year average.
26 August 2025
Unusual levels of yellow rust in some winter wheat varieties during 2025 have led to a major revision to disease resistance ratings, with large falls recorded for some widely grown varieties.
23 September 2025
Ellie Dearlove examines whether natural enemies can really make a difference to disease control in cereal crops.
12 August 2025
How we decide which trial plots make the grade and an update on our winter wheat on trial site in Norfolk.
