Cereals & Oilseeds

13 June 2024

You are invited to Steanbow Farm to join us for the launch of Mike and Neil Christensen’s tenure as new monitor farmers.

4 June 2024

Join us for a summer farm walk at Cheltenham Monitor Farm where we will catch up on what has been happening at the Monitor Farm since we last met.

16 April 2024

The UK is estimated to produce approximately 40% of its nitrogen fertiliser requirement, while the remaining 60% is relied upon from imports (AIC). In June 2022, CF Fertilisers UK announced the permanent closure for one of their two UK fertiliser plants, though considering wider fertiliser production, Yara have plans for a new fertiliser plant in Yorkshire to be operational producing foliar nutrients by the end of 2025.

21 June 2024

Join us for a summer farm walk at the Vale of Glamorgan Monitor Farm, hosted by Richard Anthony, where we will look at the cropping for harvest 2024 with stimulating discussions around the season so far.

15 April 2024

Mixed global grain price movements last week, with US and domestics markets pressured, but Paris wheat futures supported.

15 April 2024

On 30 April, a tightening of the rules in the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) is set to come in for GB imports from the EU, after a ‘bedding in’ period.

3 July 2024

This summer, Beverley Monitor Farm will be hosting a joint farm walk with the Voluntary Initiative (VI), where we will discuss some topical issues around water, future land use changes and improving nitrogen use efficiency.

12 April 2024

Yesterday saw the release of the USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). There were also updates from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange concerning Argentinian crops, and Conab concerning Brazilian crops.

17 April 2024

The product has useful activity that can help farmers manage several major diseases in wheat and barley.

11 April 2024

Spot prices for nitrogen fertiliser fell in March, according to the latest GB fertiliser prices from AHDB. Imported AN (34.5%) for spot delivery in March averaged £342/t, down from £347/t a month earlier.

10 April 2024

Since the start of the season European crops have been impacted by unfavourable wet weather conditions in key production regions.

10 April 2024

Excess winter rainfall (EWR) data to help farmers fine-tune nitrogen applications in cereals and oilseed rape.

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