Subscribers Only30 July 2026Ensus Government support for the Ensus bioethanol plant will be extended to the end of October. Subsidy for the plant is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 July 2026Harvest Update July 26 The UK wheat harvest is moving at pace. The winter barley harvest is all but complete with only parts of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 July 2026Farm Saved Seed The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has set the royalty rates for Farm Saved Seed for the 2026/27 growing To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only27 July 2026Potatoes Update After last season, characterised by large volumes, depressed sales and low prices, the hot weather is dominating prospects for 2026/27. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only22 July 2026Cantley Closure British Sugar has announced plans to close its Cantley factory at the end of the next processing season, in February To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 June 2026Grain Markets June ’26 Attention is now firmly on harvest, both in the UK and in the Northern Hemisphere more widely. In the UK, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 May 2026Grain Markets May ’26 Concerns for global wheat conditions and the impact of high costs on cropping in the Southern Hemisphere has resulted in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only27 April 2026Cereals Update April 26 Crops in the UK have had a good start to the season and largely look well. That said, growers on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only21 April 2026Beet Sustainability Payments New ‘sustainability payments’ are being made available to sugar beet growers. Under a partnership between British Sugar and the Soil To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only20 April 2026Ensus to Restart A Government-backed rescue package will see biofuel production restart at the Ensus plant on Teesside. The plant will be temporarily To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 March 2026Grain Markets March 2026 The global grain market remains well supplied. March’s supply and demand estimates reinforce this; the USDA increased global grain ending To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 February 2026Grain Market Update Feb 2026 New crop (Nov-26) UK feed wheat futures had traded in a relatively narrow band so far for 2026. However, an To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 January 2026Grain Market Update Jan 26 The global grain market remains very well supplied. In January, both the International Grains Council and USDA increased their forecasts To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 December 2025Grain Market Update – Dec ’25 Wheat prices have continued falling across December, with the global grain supply and demand increasingly in surplus. The latest figures To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 December 2025Grain Supply Chain Review Defra has opened a consultation on combinable crop contracts. The ‘Contractual Practice in the Combinable Crops Sector Consultation’ is seeking To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only16 December 2025Loam Farm – Dec ’25 Figures for our arable farm model, Loam Farm, have been updated. Since our forecast in July the figures present a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only11 December 2025Raw 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only27 November 2025Grain Market Update – Nov ’25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only27 November 2025Gene 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only27 November 2025Crop 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 November 2025Potato 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 October 2025Grain Market Update – Oct ’25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only29 September 2025Grain Market Update – Sept ’25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 August 2025Grain Market Update – Aug ’25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
