In this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby. They start by going back to the old tradition of cracking open a beer, generously provided by John Barrett and AF.

The first topic is Winter Barley. The boys go over how it went and how it compares to the spring barley harvest.

They move on to talk about the not so promising subject of Spring Barley, which Webby estimates is around 30% down on yield in Norfolk.

Andrew talks about the lack of low nitrogen barley this year.

They discuss the difficulties in getting values from the maltsters.

Ben and Webby bring up the perceived low number of Flea Beatles this year.

The team guess that wheat yields will be about 10% down.

Andrew mentions how Donald Trump bought up the family farm tax argument with Kier Starmer. 

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In this week’s bitesize episode Andrew starts by talking about how grateful he is for the futures wheat moving out of the store at a good pace.

Andrew mentions how he expects farmers will resume harvesting over the weekend if the rain holds off.

Andrew talks about how the malting barley market is fortunate to have carryover stock from last year due to spring barleys looking like they may have some issues.

Andrew makes an urgent point to the maltsters.

The likely lower yield on wheat gets discussed.

Andrew advises farmers growing milling wheat not to book in premiums until they have cut it as the rain has the potential to cause issues. 

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In this week’s bitesize episode Andrew starts by talking about his weather forecasting skills. 

Andrew mentions how the industry is patiently waiting for the weather to clear up and for harvest to resume so that quality and yield data can be analysed.

Andrew talks about how yields have been partly helped by the strong bushel weights of the grains.

The issues surrounding green grains and second growth get discussed.

Andrew mentions how OSR is getting close to £400 for harvest and that it’s a good price to sell at for harvest cash flow. 

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On this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Ben, Webby & Josh to discuss how things are going with the Winter Barley harvest so far.

Andrew starts with the difficulties the team are having in pricing it as there is very little guidance out in the trade.

The team mention the issues the stores have been facing with awns blocking up conveyors and elevators this year.

Josh talks about how he thinks the spring barley crops are looking and how he doesn’t have high expectations for what is to come.

Ben explains how Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada have affected the OSR price negatively but hopefully this is just short term.

Andrew recounts how he found a grain weevil larvae in a wheat crop which shows it is not necessarily entirely down to how the grain is stored.

Ian mentions how farmers could sell May 2027 at £190 ex farm or £200 ex store which is a sensible place to sell at for most farms. 

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In this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Ben & Webby.

They start by discussing how the first few samples of new crop have looked so far. 

They talk about the weather patterns happening around the world and the potential impact on other regions harvests.

The podcast walk has been cancelled for this month due to harvest starting early!

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In this week’s Bitesize episode, Andrew starts by talking about forward selling.

Andrew talks about the immediate issue of harvest. There is a large carryover stock, harvest is early and there is a potential for the quality to be wrong.

Andrew explains the benefits of farmers having their own storage or owning space in central storage.

Andrew keeps the podcast fairly short as there is “nothing cheerful to say”.

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In this week’s episode Joe and Ben attend the AHDB RL Trial day. Ben gets pretty sunburnt whilst Joe (who is closer to the sun height wise) just goes a nice shade of brown. 

The special guest this week is Patrick Stephenson, who is Chairman of the AHDB Recommended Wheat List and also sits on the AHDB Cereals and Oil Seed Council.

The trio have an informal chat about life and crop trials. Apologies if the audio quality is not up to our usual world class standard as it was all recorded outside with the birds, planes and cars!

Unfortunately, this month’s Podcast Walk has been cancelled. We look forward to seeing you at the next one!

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On this week’s episode Andrew is joined by special guest Steve Cheshire from Heritage House.

Steve starts by describing how Heritage House operates as a day care centre for isolated elderly people.

Andrew shares his personal experience with dementia and mentions how he can see the huge benefits Heritage House provides for not only those suffering from dementia but also their families.

Steve talks about some of the activities that Heritage House offer for the people being taken care of.

Steve gives some details on how people can get in touch with Heritage House.

This month’s Podcast Walk will take place on the 30th June at 2pm.

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In this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Ben and Webby.

They start by talking about the upcoming yield potential.

Ben gets chosen to be Dewing Grains new Chinese correspondent amidst the claims of reduced yields due to a heatwave. 

Dewing Grain will be at the Norfolk Shows Discovery Zone this year. 

Andrew mentions how consumers still seem to be waiting for prices to drop further.

This month’s Podcast Walk will take place on the 30th June at 2pm.

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In this week’s Bitesize episode Andrew starts by talking about “the rain that saved harvest”.

Andrew advises farmers to do more PR for themselves and get stories into the news.

Next Andrew goes over current values.

Andrew finishes the podcast on a cheerful note.

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