Spring barley seed for top varieties is in short supply this season, with prices edging up as growers look to drill one of the biggest crops on record. With virtually all autumn-drilled crop areas set ...

Edward Watson turned to spring barley to try and beat blackgrass on his family’s heavy-land farm. He is now growing a malting crop to rival the profit from his top-quality milling wheats. Good yields, ...

The winter barley is filling away and Stephen has high hopes of a good yield. He expects the crop to be ripe around the ...

Growing cereal crops in Scotland has become increasingly "unpredictable and difficult", farming body NFU Scotland (NFUS) has said. It said "unusual weather" had resulted in this year's spring barley ...

This year is in stark contrast to last year when much of the land was still largely waterlogged. A huge proportion of the spring barley has now been sown - much of it three weeks earlier than 2024 - ...

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As cereals move into the later stages of growth, crops across the country are showing encouraging signs. Winter crops and early sown spring barley have good potential. However, later-sown spring ...

By Radovan Stoklasa VELKY GROB, Slovakia, June 17 (Reuters) - Farmers in southern Slovakia have started their earliest ...