date:Sep 04, 2012
cessors are looking for the starch out of the grain so there is going to be more work in finding the appropriate quality for each processor.
Relying on imports to supplement UK yields was likely to prove costly with drought depressing yields and boosting prices in in North America, Russia and Germany. The vast area of North America devoted to growing energy crops was also adding pressure on prices.
Gordon Polson, director of the Federation of Bakers, accepted that the signs were not good, but