Cereal harvest in GB now 90% full

The Agriculture and Horticulture Improvement Board (AHDB) is confirming that the cereal harvest in Nice Britain (GB) is now 90% full.

By comparability, the five-year common for harvest progress by this level within the season is 52%.

The winter wheat harvest for GB as an entire is estimated to be 92% full now, with nearly all of crop left to be minimize within the north east and Scotland.

The GB winter oilseed rape (WOSR) harvest is now full, with the winter barley harvest being accomplished within the week ending August 9.

Spring barley GB harvest is now 73% full. As of August 16, it was estimated that 79% of the GB oat space had been harvested.

Drought has now been declared in elements of japanese and south England following weeks of scorching and dry climate.

The UK common rainfall for the week ending August 9, 2022 was solely 7% of the long-term common (1mm in comparison with 13.4mm). The south east was the driest area (0.1mm), whereas Scotland was the wettest (3.8mm).

The week ending August 16, 2022 noticed one other warmth wave, with amber climate warnings for excessive warmth issued. Localised thunderstorms and rain had been seen throughout elements of GB on Monday.

Scorching grain has continued to be a problem, with many farmers solely having to situation grain to achieve cool sufficient temperatures for secure storage, quite than bodily dry the grain.

This has enabled many to avoid wasting on gas prices by not working the grain drier. The exception has been the place grain has been inexperienced/unripe and small quantities have wanted to be dried.

There was a continued backlog of grain in shops, as haulage points stay, as a result of shortages of appropriate lorries and drivers.

The danger of mix and crop fires has been a significant stressor for farmers this season, with elevated consideration to blowing out filters for mud on the finish of the day.

Farmers have been combining with water bowsers, and tractors with ploughs positioned shut by to behave within the occasion of a crop or mix hearth.

Baling

For wheat, straw is being baled behind the mix with minimal want to depart it mendacity within the discipline for drying.

In some instances, the straw is being baled at evening to seize moisture, in order to cut back brittleness, permitting for simpler baling.

Winter barley straw is of variable high quality this yr, with some arduous to bale and a few getting smashed as a result of brittleness.

For spring barley there are variable straw yields, with greater yields on earlier sown crops as a result of higher crop institution.

For oat straw, yields have been variable from spring crops, relying on the success of firm.

Crops that established effectively in moisture retentive soil produced extra straw.

Scorching, dry climate has inspired crop ripening, lowering the quantity of sticky, inexperienced straw, permitting farmers to bale shortly after the mix has harvested the grain.