Cereal yield prospects promising with 85 per cent of wheat rated good or excellent

AHDB has released its latest arable crop development report.

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Overall, GB winter barley is in relatively good condition
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Overall, GB winter barley is in relatively good condition

Some 85 per cent of GB's wheat crop has been rated good or excellent, in the latest crop development figures released by AHDB. This is 3 per cent head of last year's figures. Eighty eight per cent of winter...

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