Is it my imagination, or is the wheat harvest about a month late this year? There still seem to be farmers bringing in the corn harvest whereas in recent years it seems to have been all over by the end of July. Is it that we’ve had an especially cool, wet summer. Or that previous tears have been particularly forward because of warmer summers? Have farmers suddenly started planting later-ripening varieties? If so, why? Or is it just me imagining things?
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Yes you’re right. The spring sown wheat is just about being harvested – normally this would be early August. Winter sown is usually July and wasn’t harvested until August round here. Well that’s blown global warming out of the water – what’s next?