New Crop Feed Wheat at £150/T

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in AGM News | 0 comments The last seven days have brought yet another quiet week to the grain markets. Feed wheat for spot collection is continuing to trade in the region of £161-4/T ex-farm depending on farm location – and how flexible you are with loading over these next few festive weeks! Further forward, feed wheat for collection into the New Year would make £165/T ex-farm whilst movement into next spring is...
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Spring Bean’s – The UK’s Next Forgotton Crop?

Posted by on Nov 19, 2013 in AGM News | 0 comments Judging by the response we had to last week’s feature column regarding the UK barley market – and by the amount of spring bean samples which I have just had to clear from my desk to write, I thought there was really only one real topic for this week’s article (particularly as the grain trade in general has let another week pass with very little change to report on ex-farm...
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This month’s WASDE

Posted by on Nov 13, 2013 in AGM News | 0 comments After what feels like weeks of anticipation (believe me), this month’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) were finally released on Friday afternoon (8th November). Due to their being no release of the October edition of the report, a first for more than 40 years, the estimates were expected to bear a few surprises. 8 weeks is a...
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UK Barley Market

Posted by on Nov 7, 2013 in AGM News | 0 comments Two of the most popular conversations I appear to be having with our farm sellers at the minute are as follows: “Will feed barley price improve beyond the current £135/T position?” And “Is this malting barley worth keeping, or shall I get rid as feed?” I have therefore decided to dedicate this week’s column to a discussion of the above. Here goes… Prior to this year’s harvest,...
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