Recent years have seen Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) constituting a very significant yield threat when it comes to the growing of both winter and spring cereal crops.
Long dry spells in the spring and recent hot temperatures mean that harvest is off to the fastest start since at least 2006 (earliest available harvest report), with multiple reports of winter barley being cut in June.
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