Harvest rumbles into gear ahead of schedule

摘要

Harvest 2014 is under way, with combines moving into oilseed rape and winter barley between the sunshine and showers.Growers on light land in the east of England and further south are reporting one of their earliest ever starts to harvest - with cutting beginning nearly two weeks earlier than in 2013.Early indications are that oilseed rape yields are slightly below expectations, coming in at about 3.6t/ha.