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Small barley and OSR crops fail to lift prices

The barley and oilseed harvests may have been relatively easy, but the market outlook is mixed at best

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Small barley and OSR crops fail to lift prices

The UK barley area is estimated to be the smallest since 2015, according to AHDB, but that has down little to support prices. At a total of 1.101 million hectares, the barley area is 6% smaller than last...

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