Contents tagged with Analyst Insight
13 July 2021
In the face of a turbulent global environment, British pig prices have held firm so far this year. What might the rest of the year have in store?
30 April 2020
Ethanol demand shifts have been a major focus of global grain markets, the continued reduction in US ethanol output has resulted in a large decline to maize prices. What has been mentioned less is the impact on UK ethanol production.
30 April 2020
In unprecedented circumstances, it becomes increasingly important to draw out the implication of coronavirus for the UK market. One of the biggest talking points from a domestic consumer perspective has been the lack of flour on supermarket shelves. It is all too easy to assume that demand for wheat from the human and industrial (H&I) sectors is on the rise.
30 January 2024
The loss of liquid and fresh demand has an immediate impact on milk processing capability in the country.
23 April 2020
Feed barley markets have felt like they have tracked sideways. But is there pressure to come for the underlying feed market?
30 January 2024
The solids content of the milk is the real key factor for much of the dairy industry; we take a look at what that content could look like in 2020/21.
21 April 2020
In 2019/20 the UK produced its largest oat crop of the 21st century, at 1.08Mt, a record that could seemingly be broken this season. A torrid winter for many has seen expectations of spring plantings increase exponentially. For oats the February re-run of the early bird survey suggested that oat plantings in the UK could reach as much as 229Kha, the largest area planted to the crop since 1976.
13 July 2021
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Britain, and even more so since ‘lockdown’ there has been some concern over kill capacity in Great Britain.
17 April 2020
Economic forecasts have been significantly revised
14 July 2021
The largest volume of meat from the carcase, commonly sold at retail, is mince. Although in volume at least 43% of the carcase is minced; in value it only contributes around £780/head* to the overall retail value of the carcase meat.
9 April 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic slows the global economy, this has drastically reduced the use of agricultural commodities in the energy sector.
14 July 2021
In recent weeks retail demand for mince has risen sharply. There is some product available from foodservice that could be diverted into retail, however this is unlikely to be enough to cover the increase in demand for mince at retail level.