Harvest of two halves as showers slow progress

摘要

Harvest is becoming a frustrating affair for farmers affected by rain showers, and although yields remain good, some are becoming concerned about crop quality.Scotland seemed to be worst affected, with torrential rain damaging crops and making the ground too wet for machinery to travel on. "It's absolutely awful," said Martin Bridges at Moray Estates, Elgin, Morayshire."Some people's crops have gone really flat. Ours hasn't yet, but it's really tangled and mangled. Spring barley yields and quality are still good, but it really needs to dry up now or we will start to see pre-germination of grains."