Britain's Wheat Crops Up 14 Percent
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Wheat plantings in Britain are up 14 percent this year at 2.07 million hectares while the barley area has risen 12 percent to 981,000 ha, the Home-Grown Cereals Authority said on Monday.
Commenting on results of a planting survey, HGCA economist Icaro Rebolledo said in a statement: "The results indicate that the wheat and barley area is sharply up this year, after increases in price and changes to the set-aside policy allowing for more land to be planted," The European Commission has suspended a rule which forced farmers to leave some land fallow, known as set-aside, in a bid to increase grain supply at a time of shrinking global stocks.
Rapeseed plantings fell 13 percent to 590,000 ha when including in the 2007 total crops grown on set-aside land for industrial purposes.
The increase in wheat plantings was broadly in line with other projections. Susan Twining of crop consultants ADAS estimated last week that the wheat area had risen 13 percent.
The HGCA estimated spring barley plantings at 565,000 hectares, up 14 percent while winter barley was 10 percent higher at 416,000 hectares. reuters
Wheat plantings in Britain are up 14 percent this year at 2.07 million hectares while the barley area has risen 12 percent to 981,000 ha, the Home-Grown Cereals Authority said on Monday.
Commenting on results of a planting survey, HGCA economist Icaro Rebolledo said in a statement: "The results indicate that the wheat and barley area is sharply up this year, after increases in price and changes to the set-aside policy allowing for more land to be planted," The European Commission has suspended a rule which forced farmers to leave some land fallow, known as set-aside, in a bid to increase grain supply at a time of shrinking global stocks.
Rapeseed plantings fell 13 percent to 590,000 ha when including in the 2007 total crops grown on set-aside land for industrial purposes.
The increase in wheat plantings was broadly in line with other projections. Susan Twining of crop consultants ADAS estimated last week that the wheat area had risen 13 percent.
The HGCA estimated spring barley plantings at 565,000 hectares, up 14 percent while winter barley was 10 percent higher at 416,000 hectares. reuters
Wheat plantings in Britain are up 14 percent this year at 2.07 million hectares while the barley area has risen 12 percent to 981,000 ha, the Home-Grown Cereals Authority said on Monday.
Commenting on results of a planting survey, HGCA economist Icaro Rebolledo said in a statement: "The results indicate that the wheat and barley area is sharply up this year, after increases in price and changes to the set-aside policy allowing for more land to be planted," The European Commission has suspended a rule which forced farmers to leave some land fallow, known as set-aside, in a bid to increase grain supply at a time of shrinking global stocks.
Rapeseed plantings fell 13 percent to 590,000 ha when including in the 2007 total crops grown on set-aside land for industrial purposes.
The increase in wheat plantings was broadly in line with other projections. Susan Twining of crop consultants ADAS estimated last week that the wheat area had risen 13 percent.
The HGCA estimated spring barley plantings at 565,000 hectares, up 14 percent while winter barley was 10 percent higher at 416,000 hectares. reuters
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The HGCA estimated spring barley plantings at 565,000 hectares, up 14 percent while winter barley was 10 percent higher at 416,000 hectares. reuters
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