Cereals & Oilseeds

22 January 2021

With free movement of labour ending on 31 December 2020, food and farming sectors, particularly horticulture, could be facing a huge challenge to source labour in the coming months.

20 October 2023

Global grain prices have seen some substantial recent gains. Global maize supply and demand is one of the key drivers holding UK wheat prices high.

13 July 2021

Our domestic market trades at import parity this season, so your ex-farm values is sensitive to global fundamentals.

13 July 2021

The feed barley discount to feed wheat has been gradually increasing throughout the season, as wheat prices have rallied.

25 January 2021

Don Pendergrast explains why you should care about investing in an IPM approach

19 January 2021

13 July 2021

Wheat futures prices jumped up again yesterday after the confirmation of higher Russian export taxes on Friday. But, could export curbs be implemented by more counties?

18 January 2021

This 'town hall' event gave farmers and growers the chance to have their say on our new five-year strategy and ask questions of Paul Temple (Cereals & Oilseeds Chairman) and Martin Grantley-Smith (Sector Strategy Director)

18 January 2021

The latest information on the first stage of our governance changes

13 July 2021

There has been a surge in support for agricultural commodities. Chicago wheat, soyabeans and maize futures contracts have gained exponentially since the start of June 2020.

15 January 2021

Free movement of labour between the UK and EU ended on 31 December. The UK Government has started to operate a new points-based immigration system. This system treats migrant workers from the EU and rest of the world the same. In this article we review what this mean for agriculture and horticulture, with suggestions on the action businesses should be taking now.

6 March 2025

Business Improvement Groups are a great way for farmers to get together and support each other to help improve the profitability of their businesses, with the use of Farmbench to implement change being a topic of discussion in a recent AHDB podcast.