Commodity Trading
Ukraine export talks keep lid on wheat values
Talk of resumed shipments out of Ukraine has held wheat prices down, even though a successful scheme looks a long way off. Stuart Attridge, trader at Harlow Agricultural Merchants, told Agritrade News that prices were £25 to...
Openfield invests in driver training for growing HGV fleet
Arable marketing co-operative Openfield Agriculture is to improve its grain and input deliveries through investing to expand its transport fleet and driver recruitment. While the group has already grown its HGV fleet by 40% over the...
AIC finds assurance schemes meet UK requirements
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has concluded that there is no current end market demand for a UK Gatekeeper Protocol for domestic combinable crops for feed and food, as required for imported commodities. Rather, the...
Adisseo and Entobel to explore insect protein
Multinational feed additive manufacturer Adisseo, a subsidiary of China National BlueStar, is collaborating with Singapore-based insect protein specialist Entobel over a research project to better understand the nutritional...
Ukraine move talk sends rapeseed lower
Talk of a deal to get grain shipments moving in the Black Sea has sent grain markets lower, with a sharp knock-on effect on the price of European rapeseed. “It is about €12/tonne down today, so it is having a bit over correction...
IGC predicts tighter world cereals balance for 2022/23
The latest International Grains Council (IGC) monthly Grain Market report for May 2022 has reduced the forecast for cereals production – especially for maize and wheat - in the 2022/23 crop marketing year, while...