Archive Article: 2001/08/17

17 August 2001

Robert Tucker sped through 20ha (50 acres) of Claire wheat earlier this week at Berkyn Manor Farms, near Slough, Berks. The crop, drilled on Sept 1, yielded a "disastrous" 5t/ha (2t/acre), says farmer Colin Rayner. But yields of Claire sown just three weeks later more than doubled, he says. He sold the crop for £76.50/t off the combine. Nationally, despite a weakening £, UK wheat prices stayed more or less unchanged midweek at about £75/t ex-farm, partly due to continuing quality concerns.