Farmers in Yorkshire are down to their last fields of winter beans, with most having now finished harvest, says Paul Temple at Wold Farm, Driffield.
“I’ve a cousin who is combining some vining peas, and there’s the odd field of winter beans that have been very slow to mature.
“It’s been more a frustrating harvest than a struggle. It was catchy and we never had any really dry harvest runs – but I’ve known a lot worse.”
Beluga and Santiago wheat yields were close to 10t/ha (4t/acre), he said.
“Yields have reflected soil type and organic matter more than ever before – some fields would be doing 10t/ha at one end and 5t/ha at the other.”
Quality had been good, but Mr Temple reckoned Beluga would stand better than Diego in a wet year.
“There hasn’t been a lot of straw this year.”
Winter drilling was keeping pace with potato harvest, which was going well, he added. “The winter crops have gone into some good seedbeds.”
Crop: Winter wheat
Varieties: Beluga and Santiago
Yield: 10t/ha (4t/acre)
Crop: Winter barley
Variety: Cassia
Yield: 10t/ha (4t/acre)
Crop: Oilseed rape
Varieties: Catana and Cabernet
Yield: 4.7t/ha (1.91t/acre)
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