CropCast Conversations - United Oilseeds

Welcome to CropCast Conversations hosted by Mark Bowsher-Gibbs. On today’s episode Mark is joined by Andrew Milne and Nick Hobson of United Oilseeds. We hear how the co-operative is structured, review 2025 OSR harvest and look ahead to prospects for 2026. They also discuss physical movements of the crop and market pricing mechanisms, so for all things OSR, enjoy listening to this very interesting conversation.

Andrew Milne – United Oilseeds Area Manager (Scotland)

Nick Hobson – United Oilseeds Trading Manager

Timestamps 

00.55 Introducing Andrew and Nick from United Oilseeds
02.39 United Oilseeds – the company, it’s history and the area it covers
09.52 Varieties
12.15 Harvest 2025
18.43 Looking ahead to 2026
23.47 Movement of rape beyond the store
30.07 Different contract options and storage options
37.44 Key market watchpoints
41.43 Independent analysis of oil content
43.51 OSR Reboot
47.33 Andrew's take-home message

Related FAS Resources    

https://www.fas.scot/crops-soils/

https://www.fas.scot/article/how-to-g...

Resources   

https://www.unitedoilseeds.co.uk/

https://www.unitedoilseeds.co.uk/osr-...

https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library...

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