Contents tagged with Grain Market Daily

17 August 2021

Across parts of the UK new crop rapeseed planting is underway. Strong prices for new crop (Nov-22) rapeseed could well incentivise an increase in area, from the multiyear low seen for harvest 2021. Of course, much of the decision to plant rapeseed will be cost led, with the challenge of “managing” pests significant.

13 August 2021

The global outlook for 2021/22 is for reduced supplies, lower consumption, and smaller ending stocks than last month.

12 August 2021

Planting of winter crops for harvest 2022 is already underway, but higher costs of key inputs could challenge their margins.

11 August 2021

UK delivered oilseed rape (OSR) prices have reached historic highs in recent weeks. Why is the price so high and will it continue?

10 August 2021

A key part of recent price support has been the unfavourable weather in the US and Canada. Hot and dry conditions across the high plains and parts of the Midwest have seen soil moisture plummet and crops suffer.

6 August 2021

Total barley usage for 2020/21 amounted to 1.71Mt. This was down 3.2% from 2019/20 and 8.3% below the 5-year average pre-Covid (2014/15-2018/19). At the end of 2020/21, usage looks to be near pre-Covid levels.

5 August 2021

This morning, full season usage statistics were published for both animal feed (including integrated poultry units) and the human and industrial sector. It is no surprise that usage of wheat was down across the board, echoing the estimates of the AHDB balance sheets.

4 August 2021

Canadian canola prices have felt on-going support since the start of 2021.

3 August 2021

UK feed wheat futures are at a widening discount to Paris futures as the Paris Dec-21 contract rises above its May peak.

30 July 2021

Today, AHDB published the first harvest report of the 2021/22 season. This report gives how harvest is progressing, plus initial indications as to yields and quality.

28 July 2021

In recent weeks, parts of Europe have seen heavy rainfall causing floods. Despite this, EU yield forecasts remain above the 5-year average according to the latest EU crop monitoring (MARS) report.

27 July 2021

With the barley harvest progressing well, it won’t be long before attention starts to turn to the winter wheat crop. Until the crop is cut there will be a wide degree of uncertainty over quality.

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