Wednesday, 18 November 2015 00:59
LONDON: Britain’s wheat area for the 2016 harvest is likely to be similar to the prior season but rapeseed sowings should fall by 14 percent, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) said on Tuesday as it issued results of its early bird survey.
“A drop in the area planted to oilseed rape is not a surprise given the profitability challenges with this crop in recent times.
It’s likely that the restriction of the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments has also deterred planting,” AHDB senior analyst Brenda Mullan said.
