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Richard Allison

Arable editor

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Harvesting winter wheat

Harvest spreads north and west between the showers

30m Harvest

Rain halts rapid harvest progress

15h Barley Harvest OSR Wheat
Harvest 2017: Lincolnshire barley harvest a 'mixed bag'

17h Barley Harvest
Video: OSR growers optimistic as early wheat is cut

19 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest OSR Wheat
Winter barley yield disappoint in South West England

19 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest OSR
Wheat harvest kicks off in Cambridgeshire with quality good

18 Jul 2017 Harvest Wheat
Video: OSR yields surprising 3.5t/ha in Oxfordshire

18 Jul 2017 Harvest OSR
Fresh doubts about new licence for glyphosate

18 Jul 2017 Herbicides Pesticides
Video: Winchester OSR grower pleased with 4.5t/ha

18 Jul 2017 Harvest OSR
Survey shows spring barley surge for third year running

17 Jul 2017 Barley Establishment Varieties
Dorset OSR shows good yields as it escapes the drought

17 Jul 2017 Harvest OSR
Drought hits crop yields on lighter land

14 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest OSR
Early rapeseed yields better than expected in dry year

12 Jul 2017 Harvest OSR
Promising early winter barley and rapeseed quality

12 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest OSR
Video: Suffolk winter barley yields good despite dry weather

11 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest
Video: Early oilseed rape yield in Kent better than expected

10 Jul 2017 Harvest OSR Video
'Tumours in rats do not prove glyphosate is carcinogenic'

10 Jul 2017 Herbicides Pesticides
Barley and oilseed rape crops meet the combine

07 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest OSR
Video: Take a £26,000 combine simulator for a spin

07 Jul 2017 Machinery Combines Harvest
Sugar beet area up one-third as EU quotas end

06 Jul 2017 Sugar beet
Four in five growers use glyphosate to kill cover crops

06 Jul 2017 Cover crops
Plant wildflowers to save neonics and bees, says NFU

05 Jul 2017 Pesticides
Growers pleasantly surprised by early winter barley yields

05 Jul 2017 Barley Harvest
Spud Watch: Crops respond well to wet June

05 Jul 2017 Crop Watch Potatoes
Crop Watch: Combines close in on winter cropping

04 Jul 2017 Crop Watch Harvest

In-depth

Farmer David Butler in his grain store holding some wheat

Farmer Focus: Concerns over fusarium levels in wheat crops

30m Diseases Farmer Focus Wheat

How a new seed treatment can aid cereal establishment

24h Fungicides Wheat
Farmer Focus: Yorkshire storms flatten barley and some wheat

20 Jul 2017 Barley Farmer Focus Wheat
Top tips from two US no-till and cover crop veterans

19 Jul 2017 Cover crops Establishment Soils
Video, photos and reports from the Arable Horizons talks
Farmer Focus: Yield increases will come from organic matter

18 Jul 2017 Farmer Focus Soils
Video: Heavy duty drone can cope with changeable UK weather

17 Jul 2017 Precision farming Technology
Planning vital for peak farm-saved seed performance

17 Jul 2017 Diseases Varieties Wheat
Farmer Focus: Scottish cereal crops look full of potential

15 Jul 2017 Barley Farmer Focus Wheat
Advice on establishing oilseed rape in difficult conditions

14 Jul 2017 Establishment Fertiliser OSR Pesticides
Arable Horizons: What climate change means for farming

13 Jul 2017 Environmental issues
Growers spoilt for choice with new oilseed rape varieties

13 Jul 2017 OSR Varieties
Farmer Focus: Preparation work for harvest completed

13 Jul 2017 Farmer Focus Harvest
Distorted milling wheat market puts agronomics in spotlight

12 Jul 2017 Varieties Wheat
Why biscuit wheats could trump milling varieties this autumn

12 Jul 2017 Varieties Wheat
Farmer Focus: Optimistic as harvest 2017 draws closer

11 Jul 2017 Farmer Focus Harvest
How variety selection can maximise winter barley returns

11 Jul 2017 Barley Varieties
How winter cropping gross margins stack up for 2017/18

10 Jul 2017 Varieties
Can sugar beet survive a future without neonicotinoids?

10 Jul 2017 Pests Sugar beet
How kit hygiene has a vital role in harvest weed fight

09 Jul 2017 Blackgrass Harvest Weeds
Farmer Focus: Natural England mid-tier application frustrates

08 Jul 2017 Farmer Focus
2017 FW Awards: Mixed Farmer of the Year finalists

07 Jul 2017 Livestock Awards
Farmer Focus: Consumers need to appreciate farming struggles

06 Jul 2017 Farmer Focus
Top stubble management tips to kill slugs

05 Jul 2017 Cultivators & drills Establishment Pests
How to get double-digit wheat yields on wet land

04 Jul 2017 Crop storage Harvest Precision farming Wheat
Farmer Focus: Early harvest forecast as winter barley ripens

04 Jul 2017 Barley Farmer Focus Harvest

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Futures Prices

Contract	Current	Change
LONDON FEED WHEAT
Nov '17	148.55s	▲0.25
Jan '18	150.30s	▲0.25
Mar '18	152.55s	▲0.15
May '18	154.40s	▼0.00
Jul '18	154.50s	▼0.00
Nov '18	150.10s	▼0.00
Jan '19	151.40s	▼0.00
Mar '19	153.50s	▼0.00