Subscribers Only30 July 2024Beet Price for 2025 British Sugar and the NFU have agreed a headline price of £33 per tonne for the 2025 sugar crop (2025/26 marketing This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only29 July 2024Grain Markets – Jul ’24 Grain prices have fallen as harvest has commenced in the UK. Many in the East and South East of England This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 June 2024Sugar Price Warning The NFU Sugar Board has warned that the contract price for the 2025 crop (2025-26 contract) is unlikely to be This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 June 2024Grain Markets Prices for feed grains have fallen considerably throughout June, pressured by improved global conditions. The value of UK feed wheat This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only25 June 2024Potato Update The UK is likely to have another sub-five million tonne potato crop this year, according to projections from newsletter World This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only6 June 2024Oat Milk The international alternative-milk producer, Oatly, has abandoned plans to build a factory near Peterborough. The facility, which was announced in This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only23 May 2024Grain Market Update – May ’24 Whilst UK yields will undoubtedly be lower for harvest 2024, over the course of the past month, the value of This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 May 2024Fruit & Veg Blueprint The Government has set out a ‘Blueprint for Growing the Fruit and Vegetable Sector’. This was launched as part of This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 April 2024USDA Reports on UK Crop The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its interpretation of the state of the UK growing crop in mid-April pointing This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only24 April 2024Grain Markets – Apr ’24 The price of grains has recently increased, driven by concerns about new crop prospects, with world supply and demand tightly This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only24 April 2024Loam Farm – Apr ’24 The 2024 harvest year continues to be challenging for cereals farmers. Whilst dryer weather has allowed some spring operations to This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 March 2024Global Grain Update Global grain prices have been falling for much of 2024. The main driver of the decline has been ample supplies This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 March 2024UK Planted Area Update Rainfall in the UK between August 2023 and February 2024 is the second highest for the period since records began This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 February 2024Arable Roundup – Feb ’24 Grain prices fell considerably during February. The May-24 UK Feed Wheat Futures contract started the Month at £175 per tonne, This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only25 January 2024Arable Roundup – Jan ’24 Despite the ninth and tenth named storms (Isha and Jocelyn) since September hitting parts of the UK in January, rainfall This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only24 January 2024Emergency Sugar Beet Seed Treatment Defra has authorised the emergency use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment on sugar beet seed in 2024. This follows an This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only22 December 2023Beet Price Deal British Sugar and the NFU have finally agreed on a sugar beet price contract for the 2024 crop after months This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only22 December 2023Biofuels Boost The UK will continue to have access to the EU biofuels market following a last-minute change of policy. Biofuels being This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only18 December 2023UK Arable Market Whilst the weather might have slightly improved since the storms of October, ground conditions have not. With many fields, particularly This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only8 December 2023Sugar Contract 2024 There is still no agremeent on the price of sugar beet for the 2024 crop. British Sugar has made a This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only27 November 2023Grain Market Update – Nov ’23 Like the water sat on many headlands around the country, old crop wheat markets could rightly be described as stagnant! This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 November 2023Wheat Area Down in UK The area planted to wheat in the UK is expected to fall by 1.3% according to the results of the This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 November 2023Crop Conditions Update It has been a challenging start to the 2024 season for many, to say the least. Persistent rain during and This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only20 November 2023Glyphosate The EU has re-approved the authorisation of Glyphosate for a further 10 years. In a vote to approve an extension This post is only available to members.