Winter Barley
September - ploughing
October - Cultivations and drilling or min till operations
November - Weed and aphid control
March - Fertiliser top-dressing
April - Fertiliser top-dressing
April - Weed and disease control
May - Weed and disease control
June - Harvesting
Operations can vary by as much as a month according to weather and geographic location.
Spring Barley
November - Autumn ploughing
February - Cultivations and drilling
March - Fertiliser top-dressing
April - Weed and disease control
May - Weed and disease control
August - Spring barley harvesting
Operations can vary by as much as a month according to weather and geographic location.
Statistics for Barley
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2009 |
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| Barley - area (000 hectares) |
1128 | 1245 | 1101 | 1078 | 1010 | 938 | 881 | 898 | 1032 | 1143 | |
| Production area barley (000 hectares) |
1128 | 1245 | 1101 | 1078 | 1010 | 938 | 881 | 898 | 1032 | 1143 | |
| Production volume barley (000 tonnes) |
6492 | 6660 | 6128 | 6370 | 5815 | 5495 | 5239 | 5079 | 6144 | 6668 | |
| Barley value incl area payments (£ millions) |
686 | 724 | 628 | 735 | 660 | 383 | 406 | 572 | 718 | 676 | |
| Yield - barley (tonnes / hectare) |
5.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | |
| Price malting barley (£ / tonne) |
76 | 77 | 72 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 124 | 153 | 125 | |
| Price feed barley (£ / tonne) |
65 | 68 | 58 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 106 | 118 | 88 | |
| Total new supply barley (000 tonnes) |
4731 | 6077 | 5259 | 5361 | 5275 | 4782 | 4776 | 4706 | 5704 | 5929 | |
| Total domestic use barley (000 tonnes) |
5357 | 5707 | 5787 | 5537 | 5429 | 4962 | 4970 | 4846 | 4938 | 5032 | |
| Production as % UK use (%) |
137 | 110 | 117 | 119 | 110 | 115 | 110 | 108 | 108 | 112 |
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