Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

26 August 2025

You don’t need to be a benchmarker to benefit from Farmbench (but it helps)

Julie Clark provides an overview of Farmbench, including how its benefits extend far beyond the sphere of seasoned benchmarkers.

24 November 2025

Monitoring of contaminants in UK cereals used for processing food and animal feed (2025–27)

An annual survey of the incidence and levels of key mycotoxins and other contaminants in representative commercial samples of UK-grown wheat, barley and oats and co-products.

19 August 2025

Record US maize crop weighs on grain prices: Grain market daily

Last Tuesday, the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), which saw Chicago and Paris grain futures decrease.

26 August 2025

Arable Market Report - 18 August 2025

UK grain markets remain under pressure as Nov-25 UK feed wheat futures hit new contract lows last week, including on Friday (£167.00/t).

18 August 2025

AHDB commissions new research to support future discussions about farm assurance in the Cereals & Oilseeds sector

The AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Sector Council has agreed to support a research project to help inform future discussions regarding farm assurance and standards for imported combinable crops.

15 August 2025

Challenging export season, strong import flow: Grain market daily

The latest trade data from HMRC, published yesterday, provides a full-season overview of UK grain and oilseed exports and imports for 2024/25 (July 2024 – June 2025). So, how did the trade levels perform?

14 August 2025

Sterling weighs on grain and oilseed prices: Grain market daily

Last Thursday, the Bank of England decided to reduce the interest rate from 4.25% to 4.00%, the lowest it has been since March 2023.

14 August 2025

Cost of production anticipated to climb for 2026 crops: Grain market daily

As harvest progresses, and even comes to an end for some growers in the UK, focus is beginning to turn to next year’s crops. So, what changes can we expect in cost of production for harvest 2026?

13 August 2025

A bullish appetite, cattle feed production is up: Grain market daily

Overall, feed production across the industry was down (-1.4%). However, feed demand across the UK’s cattle sector rose notably (+5%) in the 2024/25 season compared to the five-year average.

26 August 2025

Large falls in winter wheat yellow rust disease resistance confirmed, as new ratings issued early

Unusual levels of yellow rust in some winter wheat varieties during 2025 have led to a major revision to disease resistance ratings, with large falls recorded for some widely grown varieties.

23 September 2025

Are there any natural enemies of cereal diseases, such as ergot?

Ellie Dearlove examines whether natural enemies can really make a difference to disease control in cereal crops.

12 August 2025

How we decide which RL trials make the cut

How we decide which trial plots make the grade and an update on our winter wheat on trial site in Norfolk.