UK farmers share insights into successful but stressful 2024 harvest season

Published Aug 27, 2024

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The AHDB's second harvest progress report for the 2024/25 season, covering days from 1st to 14th August 2024, indicated that winter barley and oilseed rape harvests were completed ahead of schedule. The winter barley harvest in the UK was largely completed by 7th August, with a small proportion remaining in Northern Ireland, while the UK winter oilseed rape harvest was nearing completion, with 93% harvested by 15th August. However, a Cambridgeshire farmer, Stephen Briggs, reported a 12-15% decrease in harvest yields due to theft and stressful events during the harvest season. Despite these challenges, the assistant farm manager at Albanwise Farming reported a successful harvest with good grain quality and average wheat yield of 10.27t/ha, exceeding the five-year average. Another farmer reported a straightforward harvest with slightly lower yields but good quality, and reported that straw yields were also good and 30% baled.

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AHDB’s second harvest progress report of the 2024/25 season, which covered days from 1st to 14th August 2024, revealed that winter barley and oilseed rape harvests were completed ahead of normal pace. The winter barley harvest across the UK was largely completed (99%) by 7th August, with most of the remaining crop cut last week. A small proportion remains to be cut in Northern Ireland. The UK winter oilseed rape (WOSR) harvest was nearing completion, with 93% harvested by 15th August. The remaining areas were in the west and north of England and in Scotland. UK farmers have shared their insights into the 2024 harvest season with Farmers Guide. Cambridgeshire farmer Stephen Briggs of Whitehall Farm said that this year’s harvest yields on his farm were about 12-15% down, however, he is happy with the good quality of the crops and bushel weights. He added: “We were able to cut at 11.5-12% moisture, so an easy harvest helped by prolonged dry weather for harvesting. “Whole harvest ...

Source: UKFarmersguide