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Scots may cash in on quality

A WEEK of decent weather across the whole country has brought a sigh of relief and also serves to keep drying costs to a minimum – which is more than can be said for some parts of England, where some torrential rain has affected mopping up the remaining harvest.

Harvest underway – but still a lot of variables at play

SOME DRIER periods have allowed the knives to be out for winter barley crops and, so far, quality and nitrogens have largely been acceptable for malting.

Wheat price rises £7 per tonne in two days

WHILE MANY areas of Scotland received welcome rain this week, the dry weather until then continued to have an impact and cereal prices took off in a big way this past week.

Markets react to lack of rain for crops

UP TO June 1 this year, in the Borders we have had 388mm or 15.25 inches of rain, compared to last year at this time, when we had 171 mm or 6.75 inches.

Crops reach critical stage for moisture levels

WITH 30mm or just more than one inch of rain in the past seven weeks, and temperatures last weekend creeping up towards 25°C in the Borders and no rain forecast for the immediate future, then there are concerns for yield reduction in cereal crops unless we get some rain in the not too distant future.

Weather, currency and oil affect trade

CROP GROWTH is still being held back by frosty nights and some cold winds through the day, when we should be seeing crops burgeoning forth at this time of year.

Cold and damp slow crop growth

HUMANS DON’T like it, animals don’t like it and neither do little seedlings.

Global production the key for arable men

EXCELLENT WEATHER has mean that spring sowing has progressed, but it will be interesting to see how much spring barley, for instance, has been planted.

A recovering malting market – let’s drink to that

WITH SPRING approaching, longer daylight hours and sowing now started, EU and UK barley markets are still awash with last year’s crop, much of which is good malting quality.