Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

10 March 2023

Testing the long-term effect of fertilisers on soil health

The soil health scorecard has been tested at a long-term experimental site exploring fertiliser use as a key driver of soil biology.

10 March 2023

Testing the effect of pH on soil health

The soil health scorecard has been tested at a long-term experimental site exploring pH as a key driver of soil biology.

26 January 2026

Testing the effect of organic material additions on soil health

Organic materials provide a range of beneficial effects to improve soil health

2 January 2024

On-farm monitoring of soil health 

The soil health scorecard approach has been tested by farmers across a range of production systems in the UK.

15 November 2023

Action plan for soil testing

All assessments require a robust soil sampling strategy.

10 March 2023

Fertiliser prices ease with natural gas futures: Grain market daily

UK natural gas prices have continued to fall over the last couple of months. Despite the current cold spell, front month UK natural gas futures closed at 109.59p /therm yesterday, down 21.94p/ therm from the same point in February, and down 263.99p/therm on the year.

19 June 2023

Assessing soil health using an integrated approach

Find out about the soil health scorecard as an integrated approach for soil health monitoring.

26 January 2026

Soil assessments

Soil assessments will help you to understand your soil better and identify where improvements can be made.

9 March 2023

USDA trims Argentinian production more than expected: Grain market daily

Yesterday, the USDA released their latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). The latest report was not expected by the market to bring any big changes, and this in many ways has rung true. The focus of this report has been, as expected, on South American production of maize and soyabeans, considering the worst drought conditions in Argentina for 60 years.

9 March 2023

Analyst insight: BPS area lower than June survey for major crops

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.

8 March 2023

What’s moving markets this week? Grain market daily

Increased optimism over the extension of the Ukraine export corridor has been pressuring wheat markets this week. This is despite some support from US weather worries as the winter wheat crop may have been impacted by extreme cold/dry conditions.

7 March 2023

Argentina is keeping rapeseed prices supported: Grain market daily

Argentina has been hit by the worse drought in 60 years, which has been on-going since last year. To start, it severely impacted their wheat crop for this marketing year (2022/23).