Farmers are urged to complete crop survey

Farmers are being urged to submit information on the crops they are growing this season to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

The levy body has issued a plea for responses to its planting and variety survey, which is used to estimate the area of cereals and oilseed rape intended for harvest in Great Britain this year.

It said the survey tends to provide the earliest view of Great Britain’s planted area for the upcoming harvest, and the information it provides can be used to shape the domestic market and trade.

Jonathan Arnold, trading director at grain merchant Robin Appel, encouraged growers to complete the survey and said: “The feedback enables all those involved in supply chains to gauge the potential availability of raw materials in all areas of the UK.”

The survey is online at springplanting.ahdb.org.uk