Menu

All articles about Crops markets and prices

Check the latest futures prices and spot and forward prices for feed wheat, milling wheat, oilseed rape, feed barley, peas and beans. Keep fully informed of what is happening in the crop and grain markets with our prices news and trends analysis and the market outlook for growers.

Advice and tips

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

How to use grain futures and options to manage risk

Grain futures and options provide a way of managing volatile grain markets, but understanding how they work is critical to using them successfully. The futures market is a formal, regulated…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Trading grain: Advice on locking in to profitable prices

Many arable farmers are not taking a rigorous enough approach to grain trading to protect themselves from losing money in volatile grain markets, say experts. James Bolesworth, director of independent…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

How to avoid costly disputes over grain contracts

Contracts are legally binding documents and set out the agreed quantity, quality and delivery aspects of a deal between the arable grower and merchant. However, many growers don’t take time…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Business Clinic: Should I sell grain forward?

Whether you have a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Here, James McFarlane of Savills advises on grain marketing plans. Q. My…

See all

Case studies

Get more for your grain with free online auction site

Both merchants and growers are benefiting from a new free online grain trading site, developed in the South Downs by a grower and computer developer. Growers are saving time in…

See all

Insights

MARKETS AND TRENDS

Analysis: How arable farms can ease market volatility impact

The extent to which both output and input prices have swung about in recent years has surprised even the most seasoned of farming industry stakeholders. For example, in the first…

BUSINESS

Video: Basic features of futures markets and hedging

In the second part of the Commodity Risk Management online course, Professor Joost M.E. Pennings builds on the foundations laid in part one of the course. He goes into more…

BUSINESS

Video: Value of risk management and hedging

In this video, Professor Joost M.E. Pennings explains the role of hedging in lowering the cost of captial and increasing net cash flow. As an authority in the field of…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Outlook 2023: Potato growers face cost structure challenge

Discussions on supply contracts for the 2023 potato crop have commenced early, although at the time of writing, many potato growers are no further forward in reaching agreement. A reduction…

See all

News

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

1 in 5 Ukrainian growers faces bankruptcy, grain boss warns

Spiralling haulage costs and a struggling grain price mean Ukraine’s farmers face an “adapt or die” situation that could force one in five into bankruptcy over the next year. This…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Weather concerns push UK wheat futures above £200/t

Poorer weather on the Continent and in the US has supported global grain markets during the past week. Tightening global supply forecasts and adverse weather have helped drive up spot…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Final decision on grain passports due by December

A decision on whether digital grain passports should be implemented in the UK is due to be made later this year, according to a document seen by Farmers Weekly. A…

CROPS MARKETS AND PRICES

Oilseeds near £350/t as large EU crop weighs on market

The outlook for UK oilseeds markets remains bearish in the short term with a large crop expected in Europe and mixed global demand. Total oilseeds production in the EU-27 is…

See all

Video

BUSINESS

Video: Basic features of futures markets and hedging

In the second part of the Commodity Risk Management online course, Professor Joost M.E. Pennings builds on the foundations laid in part one of the course. He goes into more…

BUSINESS

Video: Value of risk management and hedging

In this video, Professor Joost M.E. Pennings explains the role of hedging in lowering the cost of captial and increasing net cash flow. As an authority in the field of…

BUSINESS

UK barley exports keep up good pace

UK barley exports continue at a good pace, with 26,000t of UK feed barley heading to Algeria through Gleadell Agriculture’s Immingham export facility. The 900 or so lorryloads it will…

BUSINESS

VIDEO: Feed prices crippling pig industry

Stuart Bosworth, Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year 2011, talks about the rising costs of pig feed and how this is affecting the industry. With 60-70% of the cost…

See all

Webinar

See all