Ahdb Cereals & Oilseeds

AHDB's Amandeep Kaur Purewal. Martin Grantley-Smith and Eleanor Holdsworth discuss results from an AHDB-funded report into the future of the milling and malting industries. Scrutinising future of UK milling and malting A new report suggests Brexit will have a considerable impact on the UK’s milling industry under a range of trade scenarios but the malting sector is in a far better position to weather the storm.  The ‘what-if’ analysis was commissioned by AHDB to help millers and maltsters with their business strategies ahead of Brexit. It also aims to help give insight into long-term implications on planting and highlight potential impacts on grain prices. The report – Brexit scenarios: Impacts on the UK’s milling and malting sectors – assesses the impact of three post-Brexit trade scenarios on supply and demand for milling wheat, malting barley, flour and malt. Firstly, a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU agreeing zero tariffs, secondly a unilateral approach where imports are tariff free but