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Grain price: EU export pace needs to pick up

January 6, 2020

Moves in grain price over the Christmas period were positive, although the same moves weren’t huge. LIFFE wheat for January increased by €1.55/t…

Grain price: Rise this week

December 21, 2019

Agri-Business

The markets were showing a rise and signs of positivity this week. Progress on a trade deal between the US and China seems…

Grain price: Little movement in price or some harvest reports

November 22, 2019

Agri-Business

Winter planting of cereal crops remains at a standstill here in the UK and Ireland as wet weather dominated the week and sent…

Grain price: UK exports moving at record pace

November 18, 2019

Agri-Business

There wasn’t much of a shake on grain markets this week as LIFFE, MATIF and CBOT all stayed similar to last week. However,…

Grain price: Struggling to plant on the continent

October 27, 2019

Agri-Business

Tillage farmers here in Ireland aren’t the only ones struggling to plant this autumn. The problem is reflected across the continent and in…

Grain price: Snow in US and drought in Australia

October 21, 2019

Agri-Business

Conditions for tillage farmers are currently difficult in the UK and Ireland as wet weather impacts on winter planting. While farmers have been…

Grain price: Latest WASDE reports lower wheat supplies

September 14, 2019

Agri-Business

Grain prices went into the green on Friday morning. This follows the publication of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report…

Nottingham university warns of ‘forgotten disease’ in cereals

August 22, 2019

Arable

The University of Nottingham is warning tillage farmers of a “forgotten disease that still lurks in more than half of English wheat fields”.…

Grain price: No pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

August 10, 2019

Agri-Business

There doesn’t look to be any pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for this season, despite what the above image…

Grain price: No sign of anything to shake up markets

August 3, 2019

Agri-Business

As the harvest progresses, Irish farmers are still awaiting a price for their grain and as the European harvest continues at full throttle,…

Producing high-iron wheat in the UK

May 13, 2019

Arable

Researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed wheat with a high-iron content. The wheat is genetically modified and the…

Improving our genetic knowledge of wheat is not a drag

April 15, 2019

Arable

When it comes to breeding better wheat varieties, often, though we seek to introduce desirable genes that increase yield, these can come along…

Autonomous farming is now a reality

March 28, 2019

Machinery

Harper Adams’ engineering specialist Dr. Kit Franklin has told members of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science (NIIAS) that autonomous farming techniques…

UK wheat under the spotlight at workshop in Algeria

January 29, 2019

Agri-Business

The high quality of UK soft wheat its potential export opportunities was showcased at a baking workshop in Algeria earlier this month. Millers…

Can the UK avert a BYDV crisis?

December 26, 2018

Arable

Rothamsted Research recently hosted a technical seminar on how the UK can avoid a potential Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) crisis in the…

West provides research focus for UK’s number one wheat disease

December 22, 2018

Arable

Increased difficulty controlling the UK’s number one wheat disease is prompting crop protection experts, Syngenta, to focus extra research effort in the west…