Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

28 March 2024

UK wheat imports rise with crops looking poor: Analyst Insight

Wheat imports in 2023/24 will now reach 2.0 Mt AHDB estimates, as the latest crop report shows the poor condition of UK winter crops.

28 March 2024

Top tips for T0: Spraying variable and fast-moving cereals

A blog about managing disease pressures in rapidly growing, variable crops of winter wheat.

25 June 2025

New UK nature market standard launched

Last week, the British Standards Institution (BSI) launched their new BSI Flex 701 Nature markets overarching principles and framework standard. This standard outlines an overarching set of principles and a common definition of nature investments, and importantly outlines steps in provision against ‘greenwashing’.

26 June 2024

How do UK wheat overhead costs stack up internationally: Grain market daily

How the UK stacks up internationally in terms of overheads, in particular labour, machinery, and land costs.

26 May 2026

UK Farm Assurance Review

Find out about the Farm Assurance Review (FAR), why it was needed, its recommendations and what the next steps are.

28 March 2024

Arable Market Report – 25 March 2024

Global wheat markets rose last week, with May-24 Paris futures reaching its highest level since early February.

26 March 2024

Defra makes changes to SFI in response to food security concerns: Grain market daily

Defra has announced that there will be limits to the amount of land businesses are able to put into the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme.

24 April 2024

Defra makes changes to SFI in response to food security concerns

Defra have announced that there will be limits to the amount of land businesses are able to put into the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. Businesses will only be able to put 25% of their land into the six land sparing SFI actions, those actions taking land out of food production.

25 March 2024

Where does the UK import fertiliser from?

The UK is estimated to produce approximately 40% of its nitrogen fertiliser requirement, while the remaining 60% is relied upon from imports (AIC).

25 March 2024

Response to Greener Farms Commitment announcement

We welcome the news that Red Tractor has listened to feedback from its members and has axed the proposed Greener Farms Commitment, read more...

25 March 2024

Weaker sterling boosts UK wheat futures: Grain market daily

UK feed wheat futures recorded stronger price rises than key global grain futures markets yesterday, as sterling weakened against key global currencies.

23 July 2025

How will a UK–Switzerland Free Trade Agreement affect UK agriculture?

Find out how the Free Trade Agreement between UK and Switzerland will affect UK agriculture.