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Weekly Commodity Report w/e 20th July 2018
Weekly Commodity Report w/e 20th July 2018

Wheat futures ended the week at £175. Farmers are not wanting to over sell. Quality is good, but yields are low. Soya price make steady gains. Fancy an ice cream sundae?  At times they may be more expensive than you would expect!

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Weekly Commodity Report w/e 18th May 2018
Weekly Commodity Report w/e 18th May 2018

UK wheat market continues to be a story of two halves that just manage to remain connected.  There is talk of a reduced 2018 supply of EU wheat. Soya bean markets are undergoing a liquidation phase. Read about the world plastics problem and the related soya conundrum.

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Weekly Commodity Report w/e 11th May 2018
Weekly Commodity Report w/e 11th May 2018

Recent DEFRA data indicates that the 2017 crop was about 350,000t lower than previous estimates. Will we again be a net importer in 2018/19? As Russian wheat exports have grown over the past decade, the importance of US wheat exports has declined. Going the extra mile, and finishing by a country mile - how far do you travel?

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Weekly Commodity Report w/e 6th April 2018
Weekly Commodity Report w/e 6th April 2018

London wheat continued to gain despite losses in both the EU and US.  Torrential Easter weekend weather was no surprise.  China and the US play tit-for-tat with tariffs, dramatically changing the supply network and trade flows. The contents of Heathrow Terminal 1 will be auctioned off in two weeks’ time.

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