Contents tagged with Analyst Insight

10 May 2024

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.

1 June 2023

We’ve talked a lot recently about pressure in rapeseed markets, with a bearish outlook for the future.

30 May 2023

Earlier today, AHDB published the latest UK supply and demand estimates for wheat, barley, maize and oats for the 2022/23 season.

23 March 2023

The question at the forefront of most peoples minds at the moment is how low could wheat go? May-23 UK feed wheat futures fell for the sixth consecutive session yesterday to close at £194.00/t, down £5.75/t from Tuesday’s close. New crop futures (Nov-23) also closed down £3.55/t yesterday, settling at £209.00/t.

20 February 2024

Quarterly GB milk production forecast

9 March 2023

This morning, Defra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) released the total area of land claimed under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for 2022 in England.

20 February 2024

Summary of Milk Forecasting Forum discussion March 2023

1 March 2023

Fluctuating input costs and volatile grain and oilseed markets continue to add uncertainty to farm business profitability.

30 June 2023

The green finance strategy will boost green finance to help meet environmental objectives, but what does this mean for farmers?

10 February 2023

The economic outlook for the UK in 2023

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