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Harvest Diaries: Quality holds as drought trims cereal yields

The heatwave has brought some early barley combining but how are crops fairing in this heat?

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock 鈥� 5 min read
Harvest Diaries: Quality holds as drought trims cereal yields

The 2026 harvest is gathering pace across much of the UK, with winter barley largely complete in southern regions and combines now moving into wheat earlier than usual following an exceptionally dry spring...

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