Cereals & Oilseeds

2 June 2025

4 January 2023

How crops convert solar energy, carbon dioxide and water into edible and other forms of biomass/energy.

13 July 2021

Over the past few weeks, we’ve talked a lot about the impact of the current weather led support on new crop prices. Even with yesterday’s drop, Nov-21 feed wheat futures remain more than £40.00/t ahead of the average of the last five November contracts, at this point in the season.

13 July 2021

This week's view of grain and oilseed markets, including a summary of both UK and global activity.

13 July 2021

As we’ve highlighted for some time now, concerns around the condition of the new crop globally are continuing to support prices.

13 July 2021

Whilst it remains to be seen if globally we are in a super-cycle for commodities (a multi-year period of growth) we cannot ignore the transformation that commodity markets have undergone since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

5 May 2021

Foliar diseases accelerate senescence and can reduce cereal yields and grain quality.

12 May 2021

Baselining and plant health are the focus for the first year of AHDB’s Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland programme.

13 July 2021

Last week, the International Grains Council (IGC) released their latest global supply and demand forecasts.

5 May 2021

Find out how symptoms differ from the other types of smut that affect UK cereals.

26 January 2026

The pathogen has a complex life cycle, involving multiple spore stages and hosts.

4 May 2021

Sooty moulds discolour ears and grain, affecting marketability.