Welcome to the October episode of In Conversation With… hosted this month by Principal Consultant Mark Bowsher-Gibbs.  On today’s episode Mark is joined by Sebastien Mallet, CEO at ODA (Offre & Demande Agricole). They discuss the UK and European harvest, how UK grain prices have changed and what drives price change, the best time to sell into the market and selling strategies going forward. 

Timestamps:

03.17 Harvest 2024 in Europe

04.40 Getting market messages/analysis to farmers

06.05 Where the UK sits in the global supply and demand picture

06.45 “The world market is a village” (freight costs)

10.24 US influence on wheat market (record yields and surplus export volumes)

14.28 Factors influencing UK market ex-farm prices

21.55 Malting premium

23.10 Where might wheat market prices go next

25.36 Selling strategies

28.05 Weather effects on the market

29.24 Oilseed Rape – UK a net importer

FAS Resources

Agribusiness News September 2024 - Cereals and Oilseeds | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)

Other Related Resources

ODA Connect - The independent grain marketing consultancy for Farmers

Corn Returns: Ex-farm prices and volumes | AHDB

Cereals and Oilseeds markets | AHDB