Cereals & Oilseeds

20 May 2022

Last week I took you through the impact Mark’s nitrogen fertiliser application scenarios could have for harvest 2022. But what about harvest 2023?

31 May 2022

We are fast approaching harvest 22 and looking now to harvest 23 for cropping decisions, but the cost and margin picture looks very different to this time last year. UK feed wheat new crop futures (Nov-22) closed yesterday at £340.10/t. This is almost double the price from this time last year, where new crop futures (Nov-21) closed at £178.75/t (18 May 2021).

18 May 2022

In my article last week, I discussed how rapeseed for the next marketing year (2022/23), withstanding any extreme weather events, will likely be in better global supplies.

17 May 2022

New crop wheat futures hit contract highs yesterday, with Monday’s USDA crop progress report adding to supply worries that have been increasingly growing in recent weeks.

16 May 2022

Overwhelmingly positive feedback from levy payers

13 May 2022

High input costs are front and foremost of growers minds. UK produced Ammonium Nitrate (AN) increased 182% between Jun-21 and Mar-22, to a price of £839.00/t. With the outlook for natural gas prices (the feed stock for AN) well supported, driven by the war in Ukraine, it is well to assume that fertiliser prices could stay strong for the foreseeable future.

12 May 2022

With the winter wheat T2 timing near, plan now to protect modes of action from resistance.

12 May 2022

With animal feed demand making up over 50% of total domestic consumption of UK cereals, it is important to monitor what is happening in the different sectors. The poultry sector makes up the largest share of animal feed demand within the UK.

9 September 2022

Help direct the development of variety selection tools (questionnaire)

11 May 2022

Tomorrows USDA report - a first look at world ending stocks for 2022/23

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