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28 March 2024
Wheat imports in 2023/24 will now reach 2.0 Mt AHDB estimates, as the latest crop report shows the poor condition of UK winter crops.
7 March 2024
See how UK wheat input costs rank against top global competitors and more from the international benchmarking database.
7 March 2024
This article lays out options to farmers wanting to gain additional income for their natural capital.
25 January 2024
AHDB released updated estimates of UK cereal supply and demand this morning, including the first estimates of 2023/24 exports and end of season stocks for wheat and barley.
14 December 2023
This morning, Defra released the final estimates for 2023 UK cereal and oilseed production. This is the first full UK release from Defra.
30 November 2023
The rise in UK feed wheat futures for harvest 2024 relative to world markets over recent weeks, has benefited old crop (May-24) prices too.
3 October 2023
Speculative traders hold large net-short positions in Chicago wheat and maize futures, which can be seen as anticipating a bearish outlook for wheat and maize prices.
21 September 2023
Earlier today, the final balance sheets for the 2022/23 season were published. After the full season official statistics were taken into account, residuals have been identified for wheat and maize, while a deficit for barley has been identified.
4 August 2023
While harvest 2023 is underway, it has been hindered in most regions by wet weather, with progress falling behind the previous five-year average.
19 July 2023
With harvest 2023 started for many, knowing your cost of production per tonne by crop type, is a great opportunity to manage risk and form/manage a marketing strategy for your 2023 crops.
22 June 2023
Chicago soyabean futures (Nov-23) have seen consecutive daily gains since close on Friday 9 June. The contract has gained a total of 14% ($61.72/t) over this period, to yesterday’s close at $505.91/t. This is the highest point since 6 March. Last week especially, we saw the support from soyabean markets lead to rapeseed market gains too.
9 June 2023
Worries about dry weather in the US Midwest, the US main maize and soyabean production area, helped prices to rise in the past week. But, for the impact on prices to be sustained, we need to see the worries continue.