David Bouch, working for Dalgety in East Anglia said: “The harvest is going slowly.

“Odds and sodds were done yesterday, but nothing too substantial.”

The majority of the wheat harvested yesterday had moisture contents in excess of 16.5%, after heavy rain on Friday night and localised showers throughout the weekend.

Mr Bouch saw a sample yesterday and said Hagberg levels were still not too bad.

But he added that this was the only sample he has seen and with a week of bad weather forecast, this could easily change.

He also added that due to the rain the crop now looks “dirty” as farmers are unable to combine.