Concerns are growing over crop quality as unsettled weather persists, with later crops now coming off at higher moisture contents, meaning higher drying costs.In the South West, spring barley and oats are around 85% gathered, with diminished quality in later cuts, according to Duncan Lyon, store manager at Devon Grain.Quality at the start of harvest was quite good, but specific weights are now dropping off alanriingly he says."Winter barley averaged 65kg/hl, but later cuts of spring barley are at 58-59kg/hl with much higher screenings."As of 7 September, about 3,000t of spring barley had been taken into store, plus l,800t of a predicted 2,500t of spring oats.
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