Grainpools
Grain pools
Volatility, global trade, and unpredictable weather can quickly shift a strong commodity market. With Frontier’s grain pools, growers benefit from expert risk management, ensuring crops are marketed strategically to deliver strong results for complete peace of mind.
Our grain pools are open for new commitments – why not join 1,000 fellow growers to diversify your grain marketing strategy?
Our pools can be an effective way to manage your risk in a volatile market environment that’s continually influenced by factors including changing supply and demand, extreme weather and geopolitical events. Knowing the best time to sell can therefore feel unnerving, especially with so much already invested in your crop.
By committing to our pools, our trading specialists assess the market risk so you don’t have to, taking away the pressures you’d normally face from trading in an open market.
Backed by strong expertise and insights, you can trust your selling decisions to our team as part of your grain marketing strategy, giving you more time to concentrate on the many other priorities you have on farm.
As a pool member you will benefit from:
- The assurance of produce of area contracts
- Guaranteed payment dates to support cash-flow planning on farm
- A diversified trading portfolio
- Market analysis by our commodity experts
- The strength and range of our supply chain relationships
- Access to our extensive haulage and storage network
- Quarterly market insights direct from our traders.
You can learn more about our different commodity pools below. For more information or to express your interest, get in touch.
We’re well equipped to service our wheat pool customers through our extensive store network and links to supply chain partners, where we hold exclusive contracts with ABN Mills, Allied Mills, Warburtons and the Cargill starch plant.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about our exclusive contracts and wheat pools.
Our barley pool marketing team has a proven track record of excellent results for both feed and malting barley.
We’re well connected to the largest number of feed and maltster markets across the UK. Our links to nationwide deep-water ports also means we have greater access globally to more market opportunities for both feed and malting barley.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about market opportunities for barley.
Alongside a track record of excellent results, oat pool customers have access to the main oat mills across the UK, including Navara – the most modern and state-of-the-art mill in Europe.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about oat milling opportunities.
Frontier holds a direct consumer relationship with Cargill’s oilseed crush in Liverpool, as well as a unique sole supply agreement with Yelo at Stratford-upon-Avon, which helps us find exclusive homes for the oilseed rape we trade.
In Scotland, we have access to the ports and vessels market and any export opportunities as they arise.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about market opportunities for OSR
Frontier’s Ruddington site in Nottinghamshire is the UK’s largest feed bean consumption hub, supplying 90% of the domestic aquaculture market.
We’re also the UK’s largest exporter of human consumption beans, providing pool members with unrivalled market access.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about market opportunities for beans.