Very little barley of malting standard in hard harvesting week  

Current improved weather will help growers to complete harvesting

Current improved weather will help growers to complete grain harvesting, but it will take longer to gather straw.

Teagasc advisers say tillage farmers were forced this week to harvest at high grain moistures, in order to make harvest progress, but about 20% of grain was still unharvested by mid-week.

Costs and crop increased due to high moisture, poor ground conditions, lodged crops, broken heads, and lost grains.