Contents tagged with Grain Market Daily

16 June 2023

With the second round of the Landscape Recovery scheme open for applications, how are farmers feeling about the major changes occurring in domestic agricultural policy, and what are their attitudes towards the scheme?

14 June 2023

The last few days have seen a rally in global grain markets. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam and the shelling of the ammonia pipeline that transits Russian ammonia through Ukraine, have both contributed to concerns over the future of Ukrainian supplies.

14 June 2023

We are coming to the end of the data collection for the AHDB Planting & Variety Survey (PVS), which is set to close this coming Friday 16 June.

9 June 2023

Spot prices for UK produced Ammonium Nitrate (AN) averaged £390/t in May, down 11.2% from April, according to latest AHDB data.

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.

7 June 2023

UK weather in spring can be an indicator for national wheat yields and at times people can reiterate that old farming adage of “wet and cold May plenty of corn and hay”.

7 June 2023

Carbon insetting and offsetting are two ways for companies to reduce their carbon emissions and help the UK reach net zero. So how do they differ?

2 June 2023

Earlier today, we released our latest GB crop development report, using data as at the week ending Tuesday 30 May.

1 June 2023

In AHDB’s latest supply and demand estimates released last Thursday, barley exports for the 2022/23 season are pegged at 1.15 Mt, up 50% on the year.

30 May 2023

On 25 May, Defra released the 2022 total income from farming in the UK (TIFF) numbers, as well as the total factor productivity of the agricultural industry. The release stated the UK TIFF in 2022 was pegged at £7.9 billion. This is an increase of 16.6% (£1.1 billion) from 2021 mainly due to higher commodity prices boosting output.

24 May 2023

Yesterday, Paris rapeseed futures (Nov-23) closed at £351.23/t, with the respective contract down 10.5% (in sterling terms) across the month so far.

23 May 2023

Newly released reports show continuing good crop conditions in much of Europe but poorer prospects in Spain, Portugal, and parts of North Africa.

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