High yields and a strong base price have led to a swing towards growing Group 4 feed wheat varieties, accounting for nearly 60% of the total UK wheat area.But shirting feed wheat is currently proving difficult due to oversupply, while milling wheat premiums recently hit record highs."We have seen a real swing to Group 4 varieties in the past seven to eight years and I can understand why, with the yield premium and strong base price," says HGCA market analyst Jack Watts.However, he questions whether the Group 4 swing had been overdone, as it has led to the wrong type of wheat in the UK market.
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