# Is there a real market for specialist spring cropping? - Farmers Guide

> Farmers Guide reports on a Cereals LIVE webinar about specialist crops such as canary seed, linseed and red wheat, which are not freely traded and have small markets. Speakers said contracts are key for growers considering these crops as neonic loss pushes oilseed rape out of rotations.

- Date: 2020-12-04 · published 2020-12-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49701-is-there-a-real-market-for-specialist-spring-cropping-farmers-guide
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Specialist crops are niche and sold on contract rather than through benchmark futures, so they have little direct effect on feed grain or oilseed prices.

## Sources

- farmersguide.co.uk: https://www.farmersguide.co.uk/arable/is-there-a-real-market-for-specialist-spring-cropping/

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