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Harvest 2025: AHDB records fastest start for almost two decades

Heatwave speeds up growing season as farmers across UK report mixed yields and low prices

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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Harvest is earliest in almost two decades says AHDB
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Harvest is earliest in almost two decades says AHDB

Harvest has got off to its fastest start since 2006, with reports in some parts of winter barley being cut in June. Producing its first Harvest Report of the season, levy body AHDB estimated that 10%...

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