<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to&amp;nbsp;Cropcast Conversations&amp;nbsp;hosted by&amp;nbsp;Mark Bowsher-Gibbs.&amp;nbsp;On today’s episode&amp;nbsp;Mark&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;joined by&amp;nbsp;Andrew Milne and Nick Hobson of United Oilseeds.&amp;nbsp;We hear&amp;nbsp;how the co-operative is structured,&amp;nbsp;review 2025 OSR harvest and look ahead to prospects for 2026. They also discuss physical movements of the crop&amp;nbsp;and market pricing mechanisms,&amp;nbsp;so for all things OSR, enjoy listening to this&amp;nbsp;very interesting&amp;nbsp;conversation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrew Milne – United Oilseeds Area Manager&amp;nbsp;(Scotland)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nick Hobson –&amp;nbsp;United Oilseeds&amp;nbsp;Trading Manager&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timestamps&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00.55	Introducing&amp;nbsp;Andrew and Nick from United Oilseeds&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;02.39	United Oilseeds – the company,&amp;nbsp;it’s&amp;nbsp;history and the area it covers&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;09.52	Varieties&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;12.15 Harvest 2025&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;18.43	Looking ahead to 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;23.47	Movement of rape&amp;nbsp;beyond the store&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;30.07	Different&amp;nbsp;contract options and storage options&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;37.44	Key market watchpoints&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;41.43	Independent analysis of oil content&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;43.51	OSR&amp;nbsp;Reboot&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;47.33	Andrews take home message&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related FAS Resources&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.fas.scot/crops-soils/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Crops and soils | Helping farmers in Scotland&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.fas.scot/article/how-to-get-oilseed-rape-off-to-a-good-start/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;How to Get Oilseed Rape off to a Good Start | Helping farmers in Scotland&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other Related Resources&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.unitedoilseeds.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;United Oilseeds | Oilseed Rape | Buy Seed | Sell crops&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.unitedoilseeds.co.uk/osr-reboot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;OSR-Reboot | United Oilseeds | Oilseed Rape&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/winter-oilseed-rape-recommended-and-candidate-lists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Winter oilseed rape recommended and candidate lists | AHDB&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.fas.scot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;www.FAS.scot&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/FASScot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@FASScot&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;National Advice Hub&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Phone: &lt;a href="tel:03003230161" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;0300 323 0161&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:advice@fas.scot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;advice@fas.scot&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast

Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast

CropCast Conversations - United Oilseeds

DEC 16, 202549 MIN
Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast

CropCast Conversations - United Oilseeds

DEC 16, 202549 MIN

Description

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 Andrews take home message  Related FAS Resources    Crops and soils | Helping farmers in Scotland How to Get Oilseed Rape off to a Good Start | Helping farmers in Scotland Other Related Resources    United Oilseeds | Oilseed Rape | Buy Seed | Sell crops OSR-Reboot | United Oilseeds | Oilseed Rape Winter oilseed rape recommended and candidate lists | AHDB For more information, visit www.FAS.scot Facebook: @FASScot  National Advice Hub Phone: 0300 323 0161 Email: [email protected]