Contents tagged with Analyst Insight

19 March 2020

As vegetable oils compete for their market share, they have been pressured in line with crude oil going into the New Year. This has had a knock-on effect on domestic rapeseed prices, as last weeks delivered rapeseed price (Erith, May-20) reduced by £17.00, to be quoted at £318.50/t.

12 March 2020

Sterling has fallen to its lowest level since November 2019, following an emergency cut to UK interest rates. The cut by 50 basis points has been carried out by the Bank of England with the hope of reviving the UK economy amid Covid-19 fears.

16 March 2020

In the first budget since the 2019 general election, the agricultural sector retained red diesel subsidies, for another year at least, despite them being scrapped for most sectors.

12 March 2020

Last week the latest GB animal feed production and usage stats (including integrated poultry units) were released. This showed the total usage season-to-date (Jul-Jan) has dropped 1.5% compared to the same period in 2018/19.

13 July 2021

Here, we update our analysis on the potential effect of a No Deal Brexit on cull sow prices.

13 July 2021

Given that so many GB pig contracts reference the SPP, what causes it to move at all?

10 March 2020

Although the UK OSR deficit is forecast to grow, it is hard to avoid the bearish short term and longer term fundamentals for the overall oilseed market.

13 July 2021

The European Commission has produced two scenarios for China’s ASF recovery – one slower, and one faster.

13 July 2021

The EU Commission’s working group forecasts, produced last autumn, indicate that the average price for E-grade pigs will be over €200/100kg for most of this year.

5 March 2020

The adverse weather since the start of autumn has provided an array of challenges going in the 2020/21MY for the UK’s grain markets.

13 July 2021

Here, we look at how our November production forecast compares with actual numbers over the past few months.

10 August 2022

The August 2022 edition of our monthly UK Pig Meat Market Update is now available, providing the latest on prices, production, trade, the feed market and consumption.

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