Germany: Some combined harvesters do not come into the fields in Saarland due to wet condition

While the wheat harvest in Saarland in 2019 and 2020 was long over by this time, the farmers continue to struggle with wet and cool weather this year. The farmers' association expressed its concern about crop losses to the Saarländischer Rundfunk. "Due to the cold spring and the cold weather, we assumed a late harvest," says Alexander Welsch, General Manager of the Saarland Farmers' Association, about this year's harvest. “But we are now in an area where it is time to fetch the grain from the field. Many farmers are afraid of the quality of the area. " Straw and grain must be reasonably dry in order to be threshed and storable. Although the grain also needs water to grow, according to Welsch, this year it is simply too much and at the wrong time. Slightly moist grain is either dried or mixed with drier parts. The good weather phase that is coming this week is not enough in time to be able to harvest everything properly, according to Welsch. At least seven hot, dry days are ...