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ADAS Weekly Harvest Report for HGCA

The settled weather prevailed over the eastern side of England, but in the Scotland, Wales and the northern regions of England, where most of the remaining grain is located, unsettled weather limited combining opportunities. As the last of the wheat and spring barley mature and become ready for harvest there are increasing concerns over yield losses and deteriorating quality of these later crops if harvesting continues to be delayed.

As farmers in the north are tested by the weather, those in the south and east are well advanced with drilling oilseed rape and cultivations for cereal crops, with the earliest winter wheat likely to be drilled this week.

Headlines

Winter Wheat - Over 90% of the wheat area has been harvested with the remaining area predominantly in the northern regions and Scotland, along with some later drilled winter wheat and spring wheat varieties across the country. Progress this week was slow due to unsettled weather across the north. UK national yield is expected to be around average at 7.8-7.9t/ha, although field yields range up to over 12t/ha. Quality is generally good.

Winter Barley - Harvest finished. Yields are expected to be slightly below average at around 6.3-6.4t/ha although in field yields ranged from 5.0t/ha to over 8.0t/ha. Quality is generally good.

Spring Barley - Almost 65% of the UK spring barley area has been harvested. Harvest is virtually complete in many English regions, but there was only slow progress in Scotland in the past week where over 60% of the spring barley is still to be harvested. Yields are expected to be above average at around 5.4t/ha. Quality is generally good, but there are increasing malting rejections due to pre-germination.

Oats - Over 60% of UK oats have been harvested. The remaining area consists of later winter oats in the northern regions and spring drilled oats that are just coming ready for harvest.

Oilseed Rape - Winter oilseed rape harvest is finished and there is good progress with
spring oilseed rape, which is now over 50% harvested.

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3rd September 2009