Wheat and oilseeds area for harvest 2015 down in favour of barley and pulses
AHDB/HGCA’s Early Bird Survey of GB farmers’ planting intentions for 2015 suggests a reduction in the area of wheat, oats and oilseeds for harvest 2015, compared with 2014. Key findings of the Early Bird Survey: • Wheat down 5% to 1.8Mha • Oats down 13% to 118,000ha • Winter barley up 12% to 476,000ha • […]
Research Busts Myth that “There is no such thing as a poor farmer”
A recent survey from The Prince’s Countryside Fund released for National Countryside Week (22-28th July) reveals consumers are overwhelmingly supportive of farmers, yet know very little about the severe crisis affecting the countryside. Following the brutal weather at the start of the year farmers are still counting the cost of losing livestock and reduced yields. […]
2013 AHDB/HGCA survey reveals mixed picture for GB crops
As a result of the poor planting and growing conditions this year farmers were asked to submit their intended harvest area rather than planted area. Total GB area dedicated to barley and oats has increased, while wheat and oilseed rape area has reduced, reflecting the poor planting conditions of last autumn and a switch […]
What has happened to this year’s winter oilseed rape crop?
The Kleffmann Group, partnered in the UK by Independent Business Resource Limited (IBR-Ltd), conducts on-going comprehensive surveys of UK farmers, collecting quantitative and qualitative information related to crops and inputs. The most recent survey asked farmers what area of winter oilseed rape they planted this year and how many hectares of this originally drilled oilseed […]
Challenging year for dairy farmers reflected in DairyCo Farmer Intentions Survey
Confidence levels have also dropped, although to a lesser degree than may have been expected. “The events of last year, particularly the weather, meant confidence levels were lower than in the previous survey,” says AHDB DairyCo senior analyst Patty Clayton. “In rating their confidence over the next 12 months, 43% of farmers returned a score […]
NSA urges sheep farmers to fill in lambing survey
The long awaited lamb survey is now available to capture what affect the poor weather and disease threat are having on the 2012/13 lamb crop – and NSA is urging every sheep farmer in England, Wales and Scotland to fill it online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WWHBNC5. To facilitate this, NSA is offering a service to its members […]
