Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

• 2 Million hectares, (5 million acres)

• 15 Million tonnes

– 5 million livestock feed

– 5 million human consumption

– 5 million export

• £2Bn to farmers, excluding subsidy

Milling Wheat

Feed Wheat Canola

Spring Beans

Spring Peas

Malting Barley

£/Ha £/Ac £/Ha £/Ac £/Ha £/Ac £/Ha £/Ac £/Ha £/Ac £/Ha £/Ac

Output 1360 550 1211 490 924 374 700 283 742 300 880 356

Seed 75 30 65 26 70 28 101 41 114 46 79 32

N Fertiliser 250 101 210 85 170 69 0 0 120 49

Base Fertilier 80 32 75 30 75 30 65 26 65 26 60 24

Protection 225 91 175 71 175 71 105 42 135 55 105 42

Variable Costs 630 255 525 212 490 198 271 110 314 127 364 147

Gross Margin 730 295 686 278 434 176 429 174 428 173 516 209

Source:- The Effect of the Loss of Plant Protection Products on UK Agriculture and Horticulture and the Wider

Economy

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UK National Wheat Yields 1980-2011

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

Canada - Alberta

Canada - Alberta

Canada - Saskatchewan

Canada - Saskatchewan

United States

United States - Oklahoma

United States - Oklahoma

United States - Idaho

United States - Idaho

United States – South Dakota

United States – South Dakota

United States – North Dakota

United States – North Dakota

United States – North Dakota

Mexico

Mexico

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

Plants/m2 Tillers/plant Grain Sites/ear Grain TGW

Ireland

Ireland

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Wheat - where it’s at in the UK?

Future Livestock

Cover Crops

Rotation

Zero Tillage

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