Harvest

Digitalising the grain passport could provide a two-way data flow for all combinable crop supply chains across the UK.

Nationally the NFU estimates yields will be below the five-year average this harvest.

Predicted increased rainfall means an arable conversion is ‘unlikely’ for livestock farmers in current predominantly livestock regions.

Milling wheat samples from harvest 2022 are displaying a lower percentage protein content, which is thought to be a result of limited nitrogen uptake due to hot and dry weather at the time of final application.

Sugar beet crops are starting to regrow following much-needed rain in the east of England. After the extended spell of very hot, dry weather, many crops had lost a significant amount of canopy.

With two thirds of the AHDB winter wheat Recommended Lists harvest results for treated trials now published, a clearer picture of variety performance in 2022 is becoming apparent.

As this year’s sugar beet harvest approaches, British Sugar has announced the campaign start dates for each factory. 

After one of the quickest and most straightforward harvests on record in most areas, the downside of the recent record temperatures and negligible rain is hard, dry soils. Jane Carley explores how to manage them.

Dry weather and a lot of sunshine has been the recipe for an early and successful harvest across much of Scotland this season.