IN THE annual harvest round-up, compiled by NFU Scotland, arable farmers around the country have got off to a slow start but momentum is building.
Winter barley harvest is almost complete, at average to below average yields and quality, winter oats are under way and earlier areas are now moving into spring barley and wheats.
Ian Sands, NFU Scotland’s combinable crops chairman, said: ‘Generally this year’s harvest has been better in some areas than others.