Members Only 11 December 2025 Raw Cane Sugar From 1st January 2026, 325,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar per annum will be allowed to enter the UK tariff-free, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2025 Grain Market Update Grain prices improved throughout November, with the average feed wheat price for the month just over £2 per tonne higher To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2025 Gene Editing The commercial cultivation of gene-edited crops became legal in England on the 13th November. It was at this point that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2025 Crop Areas 2026 The wheat area is forecast to increase by just 1% for harvest 2026, despite the open autumn. Figures from AHDB’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 November 2025 Potato Markets After one of the hottest and driest years on record, readers could be forgiven for thinking that potatoes would be To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 October 2025 Grain Market Update Grain markets have continued to track lower through October, continuing to be pressured by large global supplies. UK wheat production To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 September 2025 Grain Market Update Harvest is now complete in the UK. Yields have been a mixed bag, with significant variation from farm to farm. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 August 2025 Grain Market Update The harvest of cereals in the UK is almost complete. The AHDB harvest progress report, with data provided The Andersons To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 August 2025 Vivergo Closure The Vivergo bioethanol plant on Humberside is to close by the end of August. Its owner, ABF, has stated that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 August 2025 Sugar Price 2026 The headline price for sugar beet is to drop to £30 per tonne for the 2026 crop. This compares to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2025 Loam Farm Latest Harvest is now complete for most in the south of Great Britain. As discussed elsewhere, the overall theme of harvest To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 August 2025 Vivergo Closes The Vivergo bioethanol plant on Humberside is to close by the end of August. Its owner, ABF, has stated that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 July 2025 UK Grain Market Update Harvest in the UK was off to a fast start. Some winter barley was cut by the end of June, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 July 2025 Global Grain Markets With the Northern Hemisphere harvest in full flow, it is worth looking at global supply and demand and its implications To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Arable Markets With the cereal harvest imminent, grain prices have risen, fueled by Middle Eastern tensions. The November 2025 contract reached £185 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Loam Farm With harvest fast approaching for many, and already started for some, we have updated the figures for our Loam Farm To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 May 2025 Grain Markets A prolonged dry spell in the UK, the driest spring in over a century, and in key grain producing regions To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 April 2025 April Arable Update Grain markets remain subdued as the old crop market winds down and attention turns firmly towards the new crop. New To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 April 2025 Sugar Harvest: 2024/25 The sugar beet harvest for the 2024 crop has proved a little disappointing. The average adjusted yield for the 2024/25 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Pesticides Action Plan Defra has published its first Pesticides National Action Plan in a decade. It has been developed in partnership between Defra, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Glyphosate The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has extended the use of Glyphosate in Great Britain until at least 15th December To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Potato Market Update No two potato seasons are the same and that is certainly the case this year. A year ago growers were To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Combinable Crops Roundup Old crop grain and oilseed markets tumbled through March. There is a compounding set of factors behind this, including good To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 March 2025 Fruit & Veg Aid Scheme Defra has confirmed that the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme will close at the end of this year. The scheme To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
