Cereals
Agribusiness News February 2025 – Cereals
U.S Tariff uncertainty It has been a strong run for maize and soya prices while wheat markets are simply ‘followers’ for now. The focus is indeed very much on the South American weather and Trump’s decisions on tariffs that would directly affect the maize and soya markets. Wheat is in a ‘wait and see’ position…
MMN January 2025 – Cereals Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts Globally, and since the high prices of 2022, wheat markets have followed a bearish trend for more than two years. However, markets are cyclic. Low prices do not last forever, and a change of trend can occur at any time. Weather, geopolitics and currencies are all having more…
Agribusiness News January 2025 – Cereals
Political alliances define trading blocs The recent grain trade conference in Dubai highlighted the deepening fractures in global economic and political systems. The decline of globalization is giving way to a “duopoly” of power, with the G7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.) on one side and the BRICS bloc…
CropCast – Grain Analysis
In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Borders Farmer Neil Ramsay along with Prof Roger Sylvester-Bradley, Principal Research Scientist and Head of Crop Performance at ADAS; to discuss grain analysis and the benefits it can have when tailoring nutrition. Welcome to Cropcast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops….
Agribusiness News December 2024 – Cereals
Slow Europe export pace The International Grains Council tightened its global wheat outlook on supply concerns, while consumption remains firm. Global grain ending stocks for the marketing year 2024-25 are projected to decline to a 10-year low and a 3.5% decrease from last year. Total grains exports are similarly projected to dip year on year…
MMN November 2024 – Cereals Update
UK Cereals Market Update and Global Impacts AHDB have published the 2024/25 Early Balance Sheets for wheat and barley for the UK. Wheat production at 11.05Mt is down 21% on last year and despite the heaviest opening stocks for over 20 years, home produced availability for 2024/25 will be down 9% requiring an estimated import…
Agribusiness News November 2024 – Cereals
Scottish Harvest Estimate The first estimate of Scotland’s 2024 cereal and oilseed rape harvest has been issued by RESAS (Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services, within Scottish Government). Following industry consultation, total cereal production is expected to remain at around 3.1 Mt, just above the ten-year average. Wheat, winter barley and oilseed rape see…
Ensuring Safe Storage for Wet Malting Barley
This article is produced as a part of the FAS Crops & Soils Bulletin. Subscribe now to receive the full report in your inbox monthly. The later and more challenging harvest combined with movement issues has seen more grain lying on farm this autumn awaiting collection. With grain being harvested at higher moistures than normal…
The Farm Management Handbook
The Farm Management Handbook Your guide to Scottish agriculture The Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, crofters, rural professionals, students and consultants. Subject matter covered includes: Crop Inputs Arable Potatoes Grassland Forage Crops Livestock Dairying Beef Cattle Sheep Red…
CropCast – Winter Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)
In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Dr Steve Hoad, team leader in agronomy, physiology & genetics at SRUC, to provide an update on how winter cereal varieties have been performing during the 2024 variety trials, along with his top variety picks. Welcome to Cropcast, your go to podcast for all the latest information…