Millionaire

Mid-September, the ‘harvest moon’ is on its back, keeping the water off and the combine harvesters in Yorkshire are hard at work in the last of the wheat and spring barley crops.  This last week has seen the best few settled days of weather we have had in a month. The struggle to get the wheat harvest into the barn has kept prices on farm for spot movement very firm.  Merchants...
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Crystal Balls

Following a period of settled weather, harvest in Yorkshire is well under way.  Flea beetle and a wet flooded autumn, followed by dry baking hot March, April and May has done nothing for the quality and yield of harvest 2020 so far.  With the odd exception of some stellar performing crops Oilseed Rape yields have in the most part been very poor and some way behind the long-term...
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