Lincolnshire grower sets sights on 2018 wheat yield record attempt

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A stop-start cereal harvest punctuated by constant dashing between heavy rain showers has not deterred one grower from making a bid for record wheat yields next summer. David Jones reportsLincolnshire Wolds grower Tim Lamyman is planning to drill his winter wheat earlier this autumn in his quest to break the world wheat yield record, after falling short this summer.He has chosen wheat varieties that will tiller well to produce the 800-plus ears/sq m he needs in his drive to reclaim the world wheat yield record he briefly held in 2015.