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Grain Trends: prices move up
Siobhán Walsh
There is some positivity in wheat and barley markets this week. Rapeseed has moved up and down in recent weeks.
11 December 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: USDA cuts global wheat production
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates was published this week by the USDA, which cut global wheat production estimates to 792.95 million tonnes.
11 December 2024 Markets
Sheep Trends: lamb quotes up 20c/kg to 30c/kg
Base quotes for quality assured lambs for Thursday now range from €8.20/kg to €8.50/kg, with factories looking to try to maintain upward momentum in throughput.
Grain Trends: rapeseed takes a jump
Oilseed rape prices increased significantly this week. Wheat prices recovered slightly from a drop last week.
4 December 2024 Markets
British beef production forecast to fall by up to 7.5%
AHDB predicts that beef production in Britain will significantly by 2030 compared with 2023 baseline
4 December 2024 News
UK cereal supplies tight, exports to decline
A large amount of cereals are imported from Northern Ireland and Britain into Ireland, but production is down.
3 December 2024 News
UK October sheep kill lowest on record
While October throughput of 1.09m head was 133,500 above September levels, the AHDB reports that it was 18,000 lower than in 2023 and the lowest level on record.
29 November 2024 Schemes
Beef Trends: factories desperate for finished cattle
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including news of another lift to beef quotes.
27 November 2024 Markets
Lamb price and carcase weight limits increase
Competition for fat lambs is intensifying with plants offering higher prices and increasing weight limits to secure numbers.
13 November 2024 Northern Ireland
UK sheep production forecasts revised downwards
The AHDB now forecasts that production in 2024 is likely to fall by almost 8%, while the 2024/2025 lamb crop is estimated reduce by 4% compared with this season’s figures.
9 November 2024 Markets
Average inheritance charge in England will be £240,000
The inheritance changes are targeted at private and institutional investors that used land as a vehicle to minimise their tax exposure.
3 November 2024 News
Grain Trends: prices continue to be announced
Grain prices for harvest 2024 in Ireland have been announced in recent days. Here is some news from around the world.
30 October 2024 Markets