Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

28 June 2022

Production of ferulic acid from wheat bran

This project aimed to develop a scalable and efficient process to produce ferulic acid from wheat bran.

28 June 2022

Will soyabeans influence rapeseed prices in 2022/23? Grain market daily

Yesterday’s market report showed global grain and oilseed prices saw pressure over the last week.

3 February 2025

UK-GCC free trade agreement negotiations launched

On 22nd June 2022, The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, and H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council officially announced the launch of the UK-GCC FTA negotiations.

27 June 2022

Arable Market Report - 27 June 2022

Global harvest pressure has started, though can we find demand at lower price levels? Longer term, supply and demand fundamentals for next season remain tight.

24 June 2022

2022/23 maize and soyabean production estimates rise: Grain market daily

This month’s IGC (International Grains Council) grain market report was released yesterday.

24 March 2025

Corporate strategy

Explore our strategy and the consultations which lead to its formation.

24 March 2025

Sector plans

Explore our sector plans and learn more about the work we're doing in your area

23 June 2022

Why are global wheat prices sliding? Grain market daily

Global grain prices backed off again yesterday, with tightness concerns easing a touch from certain key exporters. So, what is behind this?

22 June 2022

Global harvest pressure to continue? Grain market daily

Huge volatility continues in global grain markets and continues to filter down into domestic prices. UK wheat futures (Nov-22) have fallen in three consecutive sessions, closing at £294.35/t yesterday and down £16.95/t since last Thursday.

23 June 2022

Unleashing the might in chitin for soil health

How chitinous by-product streams could help underpin soil health.

9 August 2022

New Zealand agricultural policy

Since the reform of its agricultural policies in the mid-1980s, production and trade distorting policies have almost disappeared in New Zealand, and the level of support to agricultural producers has been the lowest among OECD countries. The main focus of agricultural policies in New Zealand is on animal disease control, relief payments in the event of natural disasters, and the agricultural knowledge and information system.

8 September 2022

New Zealand trade and production

Historically New Zealand has been a crucial trading partner with the UK and is still an important trading partner across certain agricultural sectors. This article explores New Zealand’s production and trade of beef, lamb, pork, dairy, wheat, and barley, and for each sector compares export and import data with the UK in 2018‒2020