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Grain supply and demand: Can the UK stay ahead of the curve in such an uncertain market?
March 1st 2023
We need to be aware of every cost element and trade on similar terms to other grain sellers, and importantly keep doors open for future trade. The recent UK customs data, published to the end of December 2022, showed the UK had shipped over twice the amount of wheat than we had by the same […]
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2023: Potentially a year of opportunities, but only if you make sure you’re prepared
February 1st 2023
Unprecedented upheavals can’t be predicted – but this doesn’t mean you can’t be as prepared as possible, and assume less. As we progress through 2023, I wonder how many of you have already given up on your resolutions? So asks Openfield’s head of compliance, shipping and research, Cecilia Pryce. But what about the childhood resolution […]
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Data and knowledge move markets – so why can’t the UK produce a crop number?
January 3rd 2023
The market volatility is huge domestically and globally, yet there seems no urgency to help the UK agriculture industry with more timely releases of data or even an update on the future of ELMS. By the time you read this we will have traded almost six months of the 2022/23 grain year. I feel it’s […]
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Better buying, better selling – Unprecedented times
December 8th 2022
As the year draws to a close, the past 12 months have seen some of the greatest volatility in commodity markets in recent history. CPM reflects on the farmgate challenges and considers the strategies for mitigating risk. “I don’t have sleepless nights wondering whether or not I’ve sold at the right price.” By Charlotte Cunnigham, CPM Magazine […]
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With the current daily price volatility, are you really confident you are getting the best price for your grain?
December 1st 2022
With politics and Mother Nature being relatively impossible to predict, never has it been more important to have a farm marketing plan and make sure you are speaking to and dealing with the right people. As the world gets used to extreme market volatility, created by the ongoing logistical issues surrounding the war in Ukraine, […]
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Digital and precision developments are positive steps, but what else can be done to ensure we can feed the nation?
November 1st 2022
With the government having gone quiet on the topic of food security, and UK crop numbers delayed, farmers need to ensure they are not left on the back shelf. How many times have you sat wondering where and what you and UK agriculture will be in five or 10 years? It’s a question I ask […]
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