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Farmer Focus: Pests devour OSR and SFI day - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Fuel prices have gone through the roof again and, locally, we are waiting to see who will be the first forecourt through the £2/litre barrier. The only upside of this is that OSR prices are firming. On the farm, we have done very little fieldwork. We planted our winter cover crops and they have established well. See also: Farmer Focus: Watching crops melt away was heartbreaking Sadly, the same cannot be said for the OSR we have planted on a new contract farm we are doing with our neighbour. I ha
Farmer Focus: Watching crops melt away was heartbreaking - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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This harvest has been the ultimate giver of false hope. Crops looked full of potential, but high temperatures and a lack of rain, resulted in poor yields. I always try to find positives in difficult situations and, more importantly, learn from each year. One thing this season has taught me is that even a large rainfall event in early June cannot compensate for high temperatures around flowering. By then, the damage was done. I now believe extreme heat at the wrong stage of crop development can b
Farmer Focus: Wheat harvest a month earlier than usual - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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I think I may have been a little too optimistic in my previous article when I said the rain would do a world of good and that the spring crops were looking particularly promising. Five weeks of relentless heat have completely dried out the ground and put the crops under significant stress. We started combining our winter wheat on 13 July, about four weeks earlier than normal and even a few days ahead of last year. See also: Harvest 2026: Light land crops struggle and some OSR wins Yields from th
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