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Cereals & Oilseeds
23 September 2024
Global grain markets were overall pressured last week. Dec-24 Chicago wheat futures were down 4.4 % Friday-Friday, while Paris milling wheat futures (Nov-24) fell 4.0% over the same period.
20 September 2024
Yesterday sterling reached its highest level for over two and a half years against the US dollar.
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17 October 2025
We reflect on how wet weather impacted trials across the Strategic Cereal Farm network, ahead of the release the latest results in November.
19 September 2024
Across the last seven days, UK feed wheat futures have generally trended down. This is largely on the back of easing tensions in the Black Sea following last week’s missile strike, with competitive exports continuing to flow from the region.
23 January 2026
Eight champions are on a mission to generate evidence-based case studies on cover crops.
24 September 2024
We examine disease data from the Recommended Lists (RL) trials and consider the implications to varietal resistance.
18 September 2024
HMRC recently released trade data for July, which offers insight into the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year.
17 September 2024
Speculative traders, including investment funds, reduced their net-short positions in key grain and oilseed futures markets recently.
16 September 2024
Global grain prices were generally up last week (Friday to Friday). Both Dec-24 Chicago wheat and Paris milling wheat futures increased by 4.89% and 2.86% to close at $218.51/t and €225/t respectively.
13 September 2024
A Russian missile strike against a ship carrying Ukrainian wheat and wider supply concerns underpinned global wheat markets yesterday.
12 September 2024
In the latest Agonomics podcast AHDB gives an overview of how key input markets are shaping up, including straw, gas and fertiliser.
26 January 2026
This UK network of commercial farms uses a systematic approach to grow and evaluate cover crops.