UK: Around 95% of planned spring barley crop now drilled

Around 95% of the planned U.K. spring barley crop is now drilled, according to U.K. grains body HGCA.

"Seed beds on light and medium soils were good. However, where crops are drilled on heavier land, often as part of a black-grass control strategy, seed beds were difficult to prepare in dry conditions," the HGCA said on May 1, adding that there are no serious concerns over pests for the crop right now.

02 May, 2014