New contract lows across the board

With the 2018/19 marketing season coming to an end, attention is now turning to the improving 2019 crop outlook although harvest is still far away. As expected, US winter wheat…

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UK grains await further Brexit news

For a second consecutive week, domestic prices remained pretty static on both old and new crop with the former trading above £160/T spot and the latter around £140 for Nov-19…

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More rain needed soon?

Since the recent wet episode which resulted in a welcome 40+mm of rain between Mar 1st and 15th in East Anglia, dry weather has been holding its grasp across most…

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Grains recover on fund short-covering

After falling for 5 straight weeks and hitting fresh contract lows on March 11th, Chicago wheat is bouncing back sharply over fund short-covering triggered by weather issues and trade optimism.&hellip…

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EU wheat gains momentum

Matif wheat has finally snapped a 6-week losing streak, bouncing off a near 9-month low, amid renewed export optimism with some questioning if a seasonal low was scored at the…

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EU grains muted ahead of Friday’s ‘Big Data day’

EU wheat has remained rangebound this week amid a lack of fresh news and despite sluggish exports which stand about 26% down on last year at 9.4MMT, according to the…

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Brexit, here we go again

UK wheat has traded in a narrow £1.50/T range since last Thursday on the May-19 LIFFE futures contract amid a lack of fresh news and despite the Sterling reaching its…

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The changing face of grain marketing in the UK

The concept of ‘marketing’ grain in the UK is a relatively new one; many farmers have seen grain selling as part of farming that has to be done, but as…

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What is a good price?

Since the beginning of the 2018/19 marketing season started at plantings in October 2017, LIFFE feed wheat prices have traded in a range between ~£140 and ~£195 on the front…

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