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26 August 2022

GB harvest in closing stages: Grain market daily

Harvest 2022 is now in the closing stages in most regions, with 95% of the total GB harvest complete as at 23 August. This pace exceeds the five-year average of 69% complete by this point in the season (week 7) and is slightly ahead of 2018 which was 85% complete by week 7.

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.

24 August 2022

Natural gas prices soar in August: Grain market daily

As natural gas prices have been rising significantly again over the past month, fertiliser prices are likely to remain well above year earlier levels in at least the short to mid-term.

23 August 2022

EU maize yields slashed again: Grain market daily

Continued hot and dry conditions across the EU, has led to yield outlooks for 2022/23 summer crops being cut further by the European Commission (EC) in its latest crop monitoring report (MARS) released yesterday.

22 August 2022

Arable Market Report - 22 August 2022

Global grain markets felt the pressure last week from improved US weather conditions, continued exports from Ukraine as well as Chinese demand concerns.

19 August 2022

GB harvest 2022 89% complete: Grain market daily

Harvest 2022 has continued at a rapid pace and is nearing completion, with 89% of the GB harvest complete as at 16 August. The five-year average for harvest progress by this point in the season (week 6) is 52%.

25 November 2022

Farmbench results: past, present and future

Impact of rising costs on Farmbench results

23 January 2026

The growing challenge of herbicide resistant Italian rye-grass

Herbicide resistance management should be front of mind this autumn.

18 August 2022

Weighing up this week’s market movers: Grain market daily

This week we have seen UK feed wheat futures slip, following the sentiment of wider global markets. Improved weather prospects in the US, more exports from Ukraine, an even bigger Russian wheat crop and Chinese demand concerns have all pressured markets.

22 May 2024

Limited rollout of Local Nature Recovery Scheme to begin in 2023

An early version of the Local Nature Recovery Scheme will be available for a limited number of farmers and land managers from 2023, with the wider rollout expected at the end of 2024.

17 August 2022

Wheat exports up but barley exports down in 2021/22: Grain market daily

On Friday, the latest HMRC UK trade data was published, giving us a clear outlook on last season’s grain imports and exports. With tight global grain supply and demand, how does the domestic market compare?

16 August 2022

Global maize balance supporting grain price: Grain market daily

As mentioned in yesterday’s Market Report, on Friday, in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA trimmed global maize production for 2022/23 by 6.3Mt from July's estimate, to 1,179.6Mt. This is on account of smaller EU and US crops, despite larger Ukrainian and Russian crops forecasted month-on-month.