Contents tagged with Analyst Insight

Analyst Insight: Have you thought about marketing grain for harvest 23?

1 September 2022

Analyst Insight: Have you thought about marketing grain for harvest 23?

Global grain markets have been supported but at the same time subject to a large degree of volatility since the war began between Ukraine and Russia.
Analyst insight: Industry at risk as CF close Billingham

14 January 2025

Analyst insight: Industry at risk as CF close Billingham

Yesterday afternoon, CF Industries announced that they will ‘temporarily halt’ production of ammonia at their Billingham site, citing uneconomical market conditions as the reason for closure.
Analyst insight: GB animal feed production hit 5 year low in 2021/22

4 August 2022

Analyst insight: GB animal feed production hit 5 year low in 2021/22

In 2021/22 full season GB animal feed production* totalled 13,991Kt, the lowest level since 2016/17, according to the latest cereals usage statistics published by AHDB earlier today.

Analyst insight: What does the 'cost-of-living crisis' mean for malting barley usage?

28 July 2022

Analyst insight: What does the 'cost-of-living crisis' mean for malting barley usage?

A large proportion of the malting barley grown in the UK is used to make malt for domestic brewing and distilling.

Economic Outlook - July 2022

28 July 2022

Economic Outlook - July 2022

Economic outlook - July 2022
Dairy market indicators adjusted for Q1 inflation

20 February 2024

Dairy market indicators adjusted for Q1 inflation

Quarterly cost update to AHDB market indicators
Analyst insight: Decline in animal feed production set to continue in 2022/23

30 June 2022

Analyst insight: Decline in animal feed production set to continue in 2022/23

Animal feed makes up over 50% of total demand for cereals in the UK. Therefore, it is important to keep an eye on the developments across the different sectors.
GB milk production forecast updated for June 2022

20 February 2024

GB milk production forecast updated for June 2022

AHDB’s quarterly update to its baseline forecast for GB milk production shows 2022/23 milk production is expected to be down 1.0% from last year at 12.23bn litres.

Analyst Insight: UK wheat balance eases while barley remains tight

26 May 2022

Analyst Insight: UK wheat balance eases while barley remains tight

This morning, AHDB released its latest UK cereal supply and demand estimates for 2021/22.

Analyst Insight: How are margins looking for harvests’ 22 and 23?

31 May 2022

Analyst Insight: How are margins looking for harvests’ 22 and 23?

We are fast approaching harvest 22 and looking now to harvest 23 for cropping decisions, but the cost and margin picture looks very different to this time last year. UK feed wheat new crop futures (Nov-22) closed yesterday at £340.10/t. This is almost double the price from this time last year, where new crop futures (Nov-21) closed at £178.75/t (18 May 2021).

Quarterly dairy market update - Q1 2022

20 February 2024

Quarterly dairy market update - Q1 2022

Quarterly summary of dairy market developments
Quarterly dairy market update - Q3 2022

28 November 2022

Quarterly dairy market update - Q3 2022

Quarterly summary of dairy market developments

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