Analysis: This year’s extreme weather could lead to smarter approaches on farm fodder requirements

'The demand for fodder and forage has resulted in massively increased straw prices'

Martin O'Sullivan

They say that it is an ill wind that does not blow somebody some good. Well, the past 12 months have certainly had their share of ill winds but maybe, just maybe, those ill winds have blown some good that might extend long into the future.

I am thinking of how the demand for fodder and forage has resulted in massively increased straw prices, lifting cereal margins from virtually zero to a place they haven't been for quite some time.