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Meg Hesketh
Senior Economist - Agribusiness
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Email: megan.hesketh@ahdb.org.uk
Meg leads high‑quality economic and agri‑food policy analysis across AHDB. She brings strong expertise in agricultural markets, farm economics, and agri‑food policy and regulation, developed through multiple roles within the Economics and Analysis Directorate since joining the organisation in 2020. Her experience spans the Market Specialist Cereals & Oilseeds and Economics teams, alongside a secondment as Interim Lead Data Analyst, where she oversaw the delivery of UK cereal and oilseed market data.
Originally from a mixed family farm in Lancashire, Meg holds a degree in Agri‑Business from Harper Adams University.
Other Articles from Meg Hesketh
Cross Sector
Cereals & Oilseeds Sector
- Market Report – 14 June 2021
- Market Report - 20 September 2021
- Analyst Insight: bioethanol demand adding fuel to feed grain prices?
- Analyst Insight: Supply and demand estimates show wheat picture tightening
- Frost tolerance a concern in Black Sea areas: Grain market daily
- UK wheat import pace slows: Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: South American weather supporting markets
- Support for rapeseed from tight soyabean global balance: Grain market daily
- New-crop US wheat conditions down: Grain market daily
- China’s demand supporting oilseed prices: Grain market daily
- Black Sea concerns supporting wheat and soyabeans going strong: Grain market daily
- Market support from Ukraine-Russian relations: Grain market daily
- Is UK wheat still export competitive? Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: Why US maize data matters
- UK wheat price volatility continues: Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: How are margins looking for harvests’ 22 and 23?
- UK trade, shifting the balance of domestic S&D? Grain market daily
- How much wheat is leaving the Black Sea? Grain market daily
- UK grain trade, domestic wheat balance easing but barley tight: Grain market daily
- What’s driving the volatile grain market? Grain market daily
- What can we expect from harvest 22? Grain market daily
- Swift start to GB harvest: Grain market daily
- Mid-week market update: Grain market daily
- Rising natural gas prices: Grain market daily
- What’s driving prices this week? Grain market daily
- Global maize balance supporting grain price: Grain market daily
- GB harvest in closing stages: Grain market daily
- Global maize and soyabean production trimmed: Grain market daily
- Drought conditions to last into 2023 for English regions: Grain market daily
- Natural gas prices dropped back: Grain market daily
- Competitive Black Sea wheat pressuring prices, explained: Grain market daily
- What factors are driving grain markets? Grain market daily
- Mid-week market drivers: Grain market daily
- China, where next for maize and soyabean demand? Grain market daily
- Black Sea Initiative to keep markets volatile short term: Grain market daily
- Animal feed in demand trough: Grain market daily
- USDA trims Argentinian production more than expected: Grain market daily
- Black Sea deal update: Grain market daily
- Rape oil prices to pull rapeseed prices even lower? Grain market daily
- Maize market explainer: Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: Defra’s Nature Markets Framework, what you need to know.
- Analyst Insight: Ukrainian grain weighs on EU markets
- Spring Grain Market Outlook 2023 roundup: Grain market daily
- GB winter grain crops faring well despite rain: Grain market daily
- Joining the CPTPP, what could this mean for UK agriculture? Grain market daily
- ELMS Landscape Recovery – what to look out for in round two: Grain market daily
- What’s moving wheat prices? Grain market daily
- Black Sea Initiative, to be renewed this month? Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: Budgeting your harvest 2023 crops, why is it important?
- EU yields trimmed and quality in focus: Grain market daily
- What’s driving the market? Grain market daily
- Cuts to EU production: Grain market daily
- What does better China-Australia relations mean for UK barley? Grain market daily
- What’s happening in our domestic grain market? Grain market daily
- GB harvest progress boosted by dry spell: Grain market daily
- The global barley outlook and where next for prices: Grain market daily
- Strong start to Russian exports: Grain market daily
- New-crop EU and US drilling progressing: Grain market daily
- Black Sea wheat competitive on the global wheat market: Grain market daily
- New season prices holding a premium to old crop: Grain market daily
- Analyst Insight: Grain Market Outlook Conference presents picture of squeezed margins
- EU export concerns cap market gains: Grain market daily
- New year, same key markets drivers: Grain market daily
- Imported AN prices continue to ease with natural gas: Grain market daily
- More actions and higher payment rates for ELMs in 2024: Grain market daily
- What’s happening in UK ex-farm feed wheat prices? Grain market daily
- Total farm support eroded by underspend and inflation: Grain market daily