Contents tagged with Analyst Insight

UK pig meat outlook

29 July 2021

UK pig meat outlook

July 2021: The latest pig meat market outlook gives an insight into recent trends in the pig sector together with our latest production, trade and demand forecasts. Production is forecast to increase this year. However, imports and exports are both expected to fall.

Is standard litre a good estimate of milk prices?

30 January 2024

Is standard litre a good estimate of milk prices?

Standard litre and actual milk prices have diverged over recent months, but why?
Why are price movements so mixed?

30 January 2024

Why are price movements so mixed?

A look at why recent milk price changes have contrasted with the stability seen in Milk Market Value.

New details on ELMs design

12 March 2020

New details on ELMs design

Current proposals are for a tiered system targeted at different scales
Analyst Insight: A look at farm income in 2020 and beyond

19 January 2024

Analyst Insight: A look at farm income in 2020 and beyond

As we creep ever closer to harvest 2020, we are entering some relatively unprecedented territory. Whilst for some small crops and challenging weather will lead to memories of 2012, 2009 and beyond, there are challenges greater than the weather on the horizon.
Analyst Insight: BPS or June Survey – what should I believe?

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: BPS or June Survey – what should I believe?

The latest Defra basics payments data was released this morning showing the total area of land eligible for direct payments in the 2019/20 cropping year for England. The data highlights some important and significant changes in crop areas relative to the Defra June Survey. Both surveys have their own statistical challenges, some of which were highlighted in David’s Grain Market Daily on Tuesday.
The regional divergence of processing and production

30 January 2024

The regional divergence of processing and production

We look at how different rates of growth in milk production and processing has changed regional balances of milk
Analyst Insight: What could the potential carryover look like?

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: What could the potential carryover look like?

Now that we have passed the halfway point for this current marketing year, it is worth taking a look at how exports have fared this season so far, and theoretically examining what the degree of carryover could be.
Analyst Insight: Where next for rapeseed prices?

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: Where next for rapeseed prices?

A lot of attention has been placed on the impact of coronavirus on markets in the past fortnight, and while this is very relevant at the moment, the impact can belie the long-term direction of markets
Could New Zealand exports of lamb to the UK be low again?

13 July 2021

Could New Zealand exports of lamb to the UK be low again?

With Easter approaching and tight global lamb supply many people have asked, how much New Zealand lamb could be on the shelves this Easter?

Analyst Insight: US wheat sell off risk?

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: US wheat sell off risk?

In the midst of a global commodity downturn, US managed money speculative funds have increased the number of long contracts.

Analyst Insight: Is it worth carrying old crop into the new marketing year?

13 July 2021

Analyst Insight: Is it worth carrying old crop into the new marketing year?

As we draw towards the end of the winter drilling window, it’s becoming more apparent that arable farmers may have to plant alternatives to winter wheat to produce grain for the 2020/21 marketing year.

© Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2026 | All Rights Reserved

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

×