Cereals & Oilseeds

6 August 2024

Both in the US and across much of Europe, maize crops will now be in their silking or dough phase. At these phases, the crop is very sensitive to moisture or temperature stress, and therefore weather across key growing regions is a watch point.

3 September 2024

Use this glossary to understand words, abbreviations and acronyms used in our crop cultivation and establishment pages.

3 September 2024

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of broadcasting seed and best-practice measures

5 August 2024

Global wheat markets rose modestly last week (Friday to Friday) after broadly tracking sideways for most of the period. Chicago wheat futures (Dec-24) gained 2.5% on the week while Paris wheat futures (Dec-24) gained 0.3% for the same period.

28 February 2025

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of no-till and best-practice measures.

12 November 2024

Harvest conditions have improved considerably in the past week following a catchy start. Intermittent rain earlier in the summer has given way to mostly warm, dry weather allowing winter crop harvesting to progress well.

28 February 2025

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of direct drilling with a cultivator drill and best-practice measures.

28 February 2025

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of direct drilling and best-practice measures.

28 February 2025

Find out about the pros and cons of strip tillage.

28 February 2025

Learn about the pros and cons of non-inversion tillage methods.

17 April 2025

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of reduced tillage and best-practice measures.

17 April 2025

Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of ploughing and best-practice measures.

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