Arable
Production environment for grains improving – USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pointing to an enhanced production environment for grains. These sentiments are featured...
Maize
Arable
Horsch takes stake in spot spraying tech firm
The demands on effective crop care are intensifying with active agents being withdrawn, costs rising, and resistance becoming an increasingly...
Arable
Barley continues to feature heavily in GB livestock rations
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming the continuing commitment of GB compounders to barley as a constituent...
Arable
Maize and potato drilling advancing across Europe
The planting of spring crops is now, more or less, finished across Europe, the European Commission has confirmed. Full details are...
Arable
Global grain consumption set to increase – USDA
Global grain consumption will grow in 2026/2027, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). However, total output from...
Arable
Why is the international wheat market on the rise?
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that May-26 UK feed wheat market futures are on the rise....
N.Ireland
AHDB projects significant drop in UK maize imports
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is projecting a significant fall-off in the level of maize imported into the...
Arable
Maize yields to take a hit across many parts of Europe
The European Commission is reporting that hot and dry weather across southern and eastern Europe will severely affect maize yields...
Arable
High global maize yield forecasts putting pressure on grain markets
There is now every possibility that global maize production could reach record heights in 2025. And the US is leading...
N.Ireland
Could record forage maize yields be achieved across Ireland this year?
The myth that forage maize is a marginal crop in Ireland could well be exploded over the coming weeks, if...
Agri-Business
FAO: Meat Price Index up 3.2% in March
The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher quotations for major cereals, meat and...
N.Ireland
More diverse agriculture needed for climate change response: academic
The reliance of the world on four main crops is an inherent weakness in humanity’s response to climate change and...
Arable
South American weather patterns now impacting UK grain prices
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that South American weather patterns are now impacting UK grain market...
Arable
Changing weather patterns impacting on forage maize yields
Changing weather patterns have impacted significantly on the yields and quality of forage maize crops grown in the UK. Results...
N.Ireland
UK forage maize area increased significantly in 2024
The area of arable land across the UK dedicated to forage maize production in 2024 increased by between 10% and...
N.Ireland
Projected supply and demand estimates for 2024/2025 UK cereals
The first official UK supply and demand estimates for UK cereals, covering the 2024/2025 season, have been published. Compiled by the Agricultural...
Arable
Short-term strengthening of grain prices to be expected – AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is expecting grain prices to strengthen over the next fortnight. Where wheat is...
N.Ireland
Changing weather patterns continue to impact on grain futures
Improvements in weather patterns across the world’s most important grain producing regions is impacting on the tone of future markets...