Fodder beet can be a useful spring sown forage crop, providing high fresh and dry matter yields.
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With an estimated NET export wheat surplus of 2 mln MT, the UK needs to increase its shipping pace to avoid carrying stock into Harvest 2023. Find out more about our import/export parity in this weeks report.
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Our latest YouTube video featuring Berkshire Farm Girl aka Eleanor Gilbert and Rookery Farms reviews the importance of quality seed, selection with end markets in mind and how Bartholomew’s help farmers with a complete package service.
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Since the New Year there has been plenty of interest around from both sides of the market but sellers are seemingly reluctant to accept the lower values now on offer particularly for feed grains. On quality markets the large premiums still available make things a little more palatable.
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Read our 2022 review here!
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For the final note of the year, it’s worth taking stock of where we have arrived at after the most tumultuous years trading any of us has seen.
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Grains showed some signs of life this week , enjoying a couple of positive days before eventually settling lower as the latest WASDE loomed late Friday. Was this the much fabled ‘dead cat bounce’ or the first signs of a rebound after a lengthy sell off?
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We are seeing Uk & European gas prices starting to rise again as the temperatures begin to fall. The gas futures are portraying higher levels for Q1 of 2023 and this will inevitably increase the cost of production of nitrogen products.
Read MoreMarkets had another tough week and must now be said to have broken out on the downside from what was a well established three month old support level.
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The USA published weak economic data on Wednesday before heading off into the Thanksgiving shutdown. Sterling ended the weak at a three-month high against the Dollar, which contributed to home grain prices hitting recent lows.
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Our maize booklet for the 2023 season is out now!
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As widely expected, the Black Sea corridor deal was extended so now we can all talk about something else for a while, at least until it expires again in four months time.
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Bartholomews are extremely proud to congratulate our placement student @berkshirefarmgirl on winning the BBC Food & Farming Countryfile Young Countryside Champion Award.
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Last week’s USDA report did little to affect the price direction of the grain markets as many of the crop production figures hit their forecasted ranges. Poor wheat crops in Argentina continue to deteriorate with further downgrades expected next month.
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So events in Sevastopol last weekend turned out to be a smokescreen both literally and metaphorically
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Take a look back at October's events from all of your Bartholomews departments!
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Russia has announced an immediate suspension of the Black Sea safe grain corridor. Not currently a complete cancelation, but undoubtedly will create added price volatility.
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Earlier this month we had our internal maize launch day, which technical updates from breeders as well as important fertiliser and herbicide information
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Markets ended £4 lower after a relatively quiet week, most now expect the Black Sea Corridor to be extended more or less intact, and price levels have returned to the range set in post-harvest trading before that came into question.
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Markets continue to drift from the highs set two weeks ago, the closer we get to the November deadline for the Black Sea safe shipment Corridor negotiations, the more that dominates everyone’s thinking.
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