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Its always a nice feeling to be finished harvest regardless of how it has gone and, with our 2020 efforts concluding yesterday (September), we have shaved a week off our usual date - helped along last week by some glorious windy days allowing very early starts.

Weather worries, no-deal uncertainty, a tighter global market and Covid-19 continue to influence grain prices.

Kids are back at school, the nights are really drawing in and, thankfully, we’ve finished harvest.

Despite the Met Office’s ninja showers, we have now completed our harvest.

Global trends are likely to influence UK wheat prices this season as the UK looks to imports after a small harvest.

Damage to crops brought by Storm Francis has added further misery to a difficult growing season but analysts have warned imports may place a cap on domestic price rises.

The autumn and winter of 2019 is not one many will forget in a hurry, with farms throughout the UK struggling to get crops in the ground and conditions compromising establishment.