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Grain Market Daily: FAO increases global wheat production forecast by 4Mt

Today we look at revised forecasts from the FAO, as well as current price trends for US maize.

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Market News

Grain Market Daily: Record volumes of wheat milled by UK millers

UK milling premiums have been stable since September but, with record volumes of wheat milled, can this last? We also look at whether the new month signals new directions for UK feed wheat futures.

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Prospects: Quality as well as quantity for GB wheat and barley

Harvest 2014 has delivered large and generally good quality wheat and barley crops. For wheat, this has helped to provide the domestic crop with an edge as the UK looks to reclaim its net-exporter status.

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Grain Market Daily: Consequences for slow Brazilian soyabean planting?

In today’s GMD we look into concerns arising from delayed soyabean planting in Brazil, and at how UK milling wheat premiums are responding to evolving market.

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Grain Market Daily: Record volumes of US soyabeans inspected for export

Prices in the oilseed complex have fallen recently as US soyabean harvest pace has picked up. However, high demand as indicated by latest US soyabean export inspection data, could change the direction again.

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Prospects: Time to think outside the box with old and new crop marketing?

The last month has shown that despite the big production in 2014, the purely bearish and one directional nature of grain markets is over. This brings the return of uncertainty which can make fixed price buying and selling decisions very difficult.

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Market Information

  • Supply and demand
    HGCA publishes monthly Defra forecasts of cereal supply and demand for the UK split into the areas of availability, consumption, exports or stocks.


  • Survey results
    Results from HGCA’s Planting, Variety, Cereal Quality and Haulage surveys
  • Intrastat guides 
    Updated HGCA Intrastat guides for grain and oilseed dispatches and arrivals

  • Market Report
    HGCA’s weekly market newsletter

  • Prospects
    HGCA’s fortnightly analysis of the markets

  • Market data center
    UK and International market data available on demand

  • Feed wheat sensitivity calculator
    HGCA’s sensitivity analysis calculator for feed wheat

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