Harvest

Kids are back at school, the nights are really drawing in and, thankfully, we’ve finished harvest.

Despite the Met Office’s ninja showers, we have now completed our harvest.

Global trends are likely to influence UK wheat prices this season as the UK looks to imports after a small harvest.

Damage to crops brought by Storm Francis has added further misery to a difficult growing season but analysts have warned imports may place a cap on domestic price rises.

The autumn and winter of 2019 is not one many will forget in a hurry, with farms throughout the UK struggling to get crops in the ground and conditions compromising establishment.

With no oilseed rape or winter barley in the ground I was not expecting an early start to harvest and that is how it looks at the moment.