Markets Volatile as Weather Watching Continues

It has been a rather volatile week for the grain markets this week with both old and new crop values initially edging higher ahead of the Easter weekend before quickly retreating as the trade returned to a four day week. New crop feed wheat gained more than £6/T throughout the course of last week before opening £5/T lower on Tuesday morning. In ex-farm terms, £150/T is still achievable for...
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Wheat Values Decline

After an absence of a grain report last week due to the discussion of next seasons OSR seed options there is two weeks’ worth of market information to get through which is ultimately behind the significant decline to both old and new crop values. Feed wheat for spot collection is currently in the region of £167/T ex-farm after topping more than £175/T a fortnight ago. £170/T ex-farm could...
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OSR Seed for Autumn 2014

Whilst the Russian-fuelled price rally has encouraged both old and new crop values higher in recent weeks, President Putin isn’t exactly revealing any details of his next move and the trade has thus fallen relatively quiet this week. Furthermore, the currently mild but dry American weather forecast is showing no signs of any change and whilst this does provide a threat to winter crops there,...
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