Cereals News

As harvest concludes at Tom Martin’s farm in Cambridgeshire, he notes that while they’ve seen fairly average yields, the order in which crops were harvested was highly unusual.

Defra is being urged to ensure the SFI supports farmers in the face of a changing climate, as it develops the next round.

Jeremy Clarkson has described this year’s harvest at Diddly Squat as “catastrophic”, prompting a debate on food security.

Openfield provides an update on the 2024/25 trading season, and what could be in store next year, as well as advice on grain nutrient analysis.

Yields are improving as the harvest 2025 continues, despite stop-start progress over the last couple of weeks caused by short spells of often heavy rain, according to AHDB’s latest harvest report.

The Recommended List winter barley harvest results have just been published, reporting yields above the five-year average. Winter oilseed rape yields remain variable, according to AHDB.

While eggs are the primary focus at Aberdeenshire’s Farmlay Eggs, the business also grows cereals, including winter and spring barley, winter oilseed rape, and winter wheat. The farm has just started the 2025 harvest.

Although this year’s harvest kicked off earlier than usual, intermittent and often heavy rainfall has slowed the progress, according to the AHDB’s second harvest report of 2025.

A novel seed treatment integrating beneficial microbes and micronutrients is set to hit the market ahead of next season.

As harvest gets underway, agronomy firm Hutchinsons is reminding growers to think carefully when considering whether to bale and remove straw from fields.

Farmer Ben Aveling has provided Farmers Guide with the latest harvest insights from Radmore Farm in Northamptonshire.

Long dry spells in the spring and recent hot temperatures mean that harvest is off to the fastest start since at least 2006, with multiple reports of winter barley being cut in June, AHDB said.