Many farmers have now finished harvest in England, but those with crops left out are getting increasingly frustrated by wet weather.

In East Yorkshire, Peter Caley had finished harvest near Holderness, and was pleased with wheat yields.

Viscount, Robigus and Scout averaged 11t/ha (4.5t/acre) across the farm, but all came in between 15% and 20% moisture.

“Quality was pretty good too, with Robigus testing at 76.9kg/hl, 285 Hagberg and 12.36% protein,” he said.

Further north, a broken weighbridge was causing massive hold ups at Hamish Morison Farming Ltd, West Morriston, Berwickshire, but thankfully harvest was complete.

Wheat harvest was quite pleasing, yielding about the five-year average at 9.1t/ha (3.7t/acre), said Les Anderson.

In Wales, harvest was progressing reasonably well at Paul Phillips’ Broniarth Farm, Newtown, Powys, but remaining crops would start to suffer if not cut soon.

“It’s too wet to get on today (8 September) – and the combine has broken down, so hopefully we’ll get that fixed for tomorrow.”

Winter wheat was holding up to the wet weather quite well, but Borwo triticale was a disaster, he said.

Tom Coleman had finished harvest at Lower Norton Farm, Winchester, Hampshire, and was pleased with above average yields.

“It was quite a battle with the weather, but we finished cutting at about 15% moisture, and we’ve got our oilseed rape drilled, so we’re feeling quite chuffed.”

But harvest had been a mixed bag at Roger Middleditch’s Prior Farm, Wrentham, Norfolk, with spring crops suffering badly in the drought.

“We managed to finish combining on Monday, but we drafted in some help – we had four combines going in the end.

“The spring crops on the light lands have been very disappointing, but winter barley was good and wheat on the better land was okay – it was all down to soil type.”