Contents tagged with Analyst Insight

Tightest UK wheat balance in decades leads to end-season deficit: Analyst Insight

13 July 2021

Tightest UK wheat balance in decades leads to end-season deficit: Analyst Insight

The first official UK cereal and supply and demand estimates for the 2020/21 season were published this morning, including a wheat ‘deficit’ for the first time.

UK barley hoping for rises? Grain market daily

13 July 2021

UK barley hoping for rises? Grain market daily

A second 8Mt+ barley crop in two seasons, has again meant that exports are going to be key for the UK barley market. However, exporting this season is not straight forward, with a challenging global market, and strong export competition.

What impacts will the malting barley sector see from stricter lockdown measures?

13 July 2021

What impacts will the malting barley sector see from stricter lockdown measures?

The imposing of stricter lockdown measures that come into effect today will see the English hospitality sector limit the sale of alcohol to a takeaway only basis, with ‘eat-in’ meal occasions restricted until 2 December.
Analyst Insight: La Niña weather event could impact your rapeseed price

20 August 2021

Analyst Insight: La Niña weather event could impact your rapeseed price

As mentioned at our Grain Market Outlook conference a key parameter to observe this year is the impact of a La Niña weather event.
Analyst Insight: UK wheat balance on a knife edge for 2020/21

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: UK wheat balance on a knife edge for 2020/21

The wheat balance sheet is set to be the tightest in a number of decades due to a significant drop in total availability outweighing a contraction in usage.
How is the UK sheep meat outlook shaping up?

13 July 2021

How is the UK sheep meat outlook shaping up?

For the year to date, sheep meat production and trade volumes have been lower than in 2019, however the trends have not been as strong as we expected.
Summer milk production lifts 2020/21 forecast

30 January 2024

Summer milk production lifts 2020/21 forecast

GB milk production for 2020/21 is now expected to reach 12.48bn litres, according to our September forecast update.

Analyst Insight: Lower yields predicted to push up unit costs of production

11 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Lower yields predicted to push up unit costs of production

Lower yields mean that costs per tonne will be higher for spring barley, winter wheat and oilseed rape (OSR) despite some lower input costs in the last 12 months.
ASF in Germany – what happens now?

12 July 2024

ASF in Germany – what happens now?

September 2020: In September, Germany announced its first confirmed case of ASF, which was found in a wild boar near the Polish border.
Analyst Insight: Wheat top of the crops - 2021 Gross margins

16 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Wheat top of the crops - 2021 Gross margins

Winter milling wheat returns the top crop (of those looked at) on a gross margin basis, with feed wheat dropping one place to third. This would suggest that there is, unsurprisingly, a strong incentive to plant wheat for harvest 2021, and ups the likelihood of an increased area.
Jump in use of sexed dairy semen

30 January 2024

Jump in use of sexed dairy semen

Sales of sexed dairy semen accounted for just over half of dairy semen sales in the year to March 2020, jumping up from a 32% share the previous year.

Analyst Insight: Will soya drive rapeseed again?

3 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Will soya drive rapeseed again?

We often talk about the relationship between rapeseed and soyabean prices in Grain Market Daily, because soyabeans represent almost 87% of the world’s export trade in oilseeds. This means soyabean supply, demand and prices impact rapeseed prices.

© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2026 | All Rights Reserved

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, CV3 4PE

×