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Cereals & Oilseeds
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.
14 January 2021
This week, grain markets have seen a plethora of information that has fed the bullish sentiment for the moment. Whilst news has been mostly maize centred, this has still had an effect on UK wheat futures.
13 July 2021
Yesterday evening the latest USDA supply and demand estimates (WASDE) for the 2020/21 season were released. A lot of our focus in recent weeks has been on South America, where dry weather has hampered crop development. Despite the drier weather, forecasts of Brazilian and Argentinian maize production are at relatively high levels.
13 January 2021
Use the list to help understand disease risk and focus in-season management.
26 January 2021
Join a panel of experts from Defra, banking, consultancy and farming to discuss the implications on crop businesses in England
13 July 2021
Tonight the USDA release three reports that have historically influenced prices. These are the monthly world supply and demand estimates, US stocks as at 1 December and the area of winter wheat planted for harvest 2021.
20 September 2021
The way oilseed rape grows can make the crop a challenge to harvest
20 September 2021
To reach its full yield potential, oilseed rape needs the optimum number of seeds, with each one to filling completely.
20 September 2021
Crop development during these stages influences many management decisions, including nutrient and pesticide applications.
20 September 2021
Learn how a crop’s green area index (GAI) can help guide canopy management.