Grain Trading
Currency and weather keep oilseeds market uncertain
Currency uncertainty, with Brexit deal talk sending the pound up, along with weather woes around the world, crushers who aren’t eager to buy and farmers who are too busy to sell, is keeping the market for rapeseed subdued. “Sterling’s strength is not helping, with the...
read moreRoquette adds to pulse processing capability
French multinational Roquette has acquired a plant protein extrusion facility in the Netherlands, which it says will help it meet the growing demand for non-meat food ingredients. The company has bought the extrusion unit from Texpall, a joint venture between the...
read moreWhitworth acquires two Hovis mills as Southampton closes
There has been a further consolidation in the ownership of the UK flour milling industry, and the removal of some capacity. Family-owned miller Whitworth Brothers has expanded its flour mill portfolio as Hovis divests more of its assets and closes its southernmost...
read moreWheat market digests Vivergo, Brexit uncertainty
The UK wheat market is sluggish and generally softer, as traders digest the likely effects of the planned closure of the Vivergo ethanol plant and consider the potential fallout from a ‘no deal’ Brexit. “The markets are quiet, digesting the news since Vivergo’s...
read moreStrong pulse demand over uncertain supplies
Uncertainty over supply is supporting pulse crop values after a disappointing growing season, says Roger Vickers, chief executive of the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO). “The early summer promise was curtailed by the extreme drought and heat of a...
read moreWheat supply questions amid exporters’ low crops
The UK wheat market has been affected in recent weeks by the fall out from international trade rows affecting oilseeds, and their knock-on effect on maize values. But as a lack of supply in some of the major exporting nations becomes clearer, there are questions over...
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