The provisional 2017 wheat harvest for the UK is 15.2 million tonnes, an increase of 5.4% on 2016 which is above the five year average 2012-2016 of 14.5 million tonnes.

The provisional barley production figure for the UK has increased by 10.6% to 7.4 million tonnes in 2017 which is above the five year average 2012-2016 of 6.7 million tonnes.

Full UK provisional results including yield and area data for wheat and barley, along with results for the remaining cereal and oilseed rape crops will be released next week ( Oct 12^th ) The final results will be made available in December.