Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

6 April 2021

Nitrogen management: 'High’ excess rainfall winter confirmed

Most UK areas breached the ‘high’ excess winter rainfall (EWR) threshold, according to final estimates published by AHDB.

25 April 2024

Market Report - 06 April 2021

Global grain markets ended last week strong; the USDA plantings and stocks report was bullish for maize, which drove the whole complex higher.

7 February 2025

An introduction to options

Options are contracts that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific asset i.e wheat or rapeseed, at a pre-determined price at or before contract expiry

10 February 2025

When to pay more (or less) attention to markets

The graphs and analysis in our Arable market report, together with wider market insights, can help to highlight when to pay closer attention to markets.

13 July 2021

Options contracts - A viable marketing strategy? Analyst Insight

In this article I want to answer some of the questions you asked about options contracts and their practicality for growers.

25 March 2026

Take-all life cycle and disease symptoms in cereals

Information on pathogen spread and the classic infection symptoms.

1 April 2021

Irrigated UK wheat: A folly or the future?

Some farmers are looking at irrigation infrastructure and asking whether wetting wheat will pay.

30 September 2025

Take-all decline and cereal disease management

Antagonistic microbial organisms help stabilise disease pressure and, eventually, contribute to its decline.

31 March 2021

Non-chemical control of take-all in cereals

With varietal resistance and chemical options limited, adequate reduction of disease requires the use of cultural control.

13 July 2021

How have the USDA stocks and acreage reports influenced prices over the last decade? Grain market daily

Tonight, the USDA will release the annual US prospective plantings report and the quarterly US stocks report.

30 March 2021

AHDB appoints Tim Rycroft as CEO

Tim Rycroft has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

13 July 2021

Sterling has been strengthening, but what could the future hold? Grain market daily

Yesterday, the value of sterling closed against the US dollar at £1=$1.3844. This is up on last week’s close (£1 = $1.3780) due to easing concerns over vaccine supply from the European Union (EU).