Twin-track push to clear harvest in dyfed - farmers weekly

Two combines were steaming through Meurig Raymond’s wheat today (August 23) and he hoped to finish harvest next week if it stayed dry. “We hadn’t run for over a week and were getting pretty

frustrated,” he said. “But we started again yesterday and the forecast is Crop: Winter wheat Varieties: Gladiator and Glasgow Yield: 9.3-9.9t/ha (3.75-4t/acre) Crop: Winter barley Variety:

Spectrum Yield: 7t/ha (2.85t/acre) Crop: Oilseed rape Yield: 4t/ha (1.65t/acre) Crop: Spring barley Variety: Westminster Yield: 7t/ha (2.85t/acre) dry until Tuesday now.” The NFU deputy

president said harvest at Trenewydd Fawr, Haverfordwest, Dyfed was about 50% complete, with 162ha (400 acres) of wheat and 162ha (400 acres) of spring barley still to go. Yields were about

10% down on average, with Spectrum winter barley yielding a disappointing 7t/ha (2.85t/acre) and oilseed rape making 4t/ha (1.65t/acre). Gladiator winter wheat averaged 9.3t/ha (3.75t/acre),

but the Glasgow cut yesterday reached 9.9t/ha (4t/acre). “The spring barley is looking extremely good – we’ve done 40ha (100 acres) of Westminster at 7t/ha (2.85t/acre) and it looks like a

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