Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

11 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Lower yields predicted to push up unit costs of production

Lower yields mean that costs per tonne will be higher for spring barley, winter wheat and oilseed rape (OSR) despite some lower input costs in the last 12 months.

16 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Wheat top of the crops - 2021 Gross margins

Winter milling wheat returns the top crop (of those looked at) on a gross margin basis, with feed wheat dropping one place to third. This would suggest that there is, unsurprisingly, a strong incentive to plant wheat for harvest 2021, and ups the likelihood of an increased area.

11 September 2020

UK wheat area to recover for harvest 2021? Grain Market Daily

The GB wheat area for harvest 2020 is expected to be the lowest in over 40 years. The extremely wet weather last autumn significantly limited the area sown to all winter crops. However, current expectations are for the area planted to wheat for harvest in 2021 to rebound.

8 September 2020

First cereal quality results of 2020 highlight the effect of difficult growing season: Grain Market Daily

The survey quality results will help to quantify concerns around the true impact of the challenging weather in 2019/20 on the UK wheat and barley crops. With reduced availability for cereal grains this season, imports are required to meet the deficit. Though lower quality levels seen in milling and malting samples so far, could exacerbate this import requirement.

8 September 2020

Students’ Union: Arbuscular mycorrhizae – all Greek to me!

Learn about the crop-friendly fungi focus of one our PhD studentship projects

4 September 2020

Coronavirus hits the poultry sector: Grain Market Daily

The release of the latest AHDB usage data has shown that poultry feed production was the only animal feed sector to decline on the year in July.

4 September 2020

Harvest and erucic acid risk in oilseed rape

There are several steps you can take around harvest to manage erucic acid risks

4 September 2020

Weed management and erucic acid risks in oilseed rape

Discover how some common farm weeds increase erucic acid risks in oilseed rape

4 September 2020

How volunteers affect erucic acid risks in oilseed rape

Volunteer oilseed rape is associated with variable levels of erucic acid

4 September 2020

How oilseed rape seed sources affect erucic acid risk

Discover how farm-saved seed can increase erucic acid risks in oilseed rape

3 September 2020

Can we drive IPM forwards with BYDV resistance?

Looking at the use of BYDV-resistant plants and the techniques that will help drive the agricultural industry forward with the use of IPM.

3 September 2020

Analyst Insight: Will soya drive rapeseed again?

We often talk about the relationship between rapeseed and soyabean prices in Grain Market Daily, because soyabeans represent almost 87% of the world’s export trade in oilseeds. This means soyabean supply, demand and prices impact rapeseed prices.