2018 Crop UK Export Quality
Harvest Overview
The UK experienced sensational weather for the harvest period of 2018. The hottest and driest June in 32 years saw crops harvested 3 weeks early on average. With only a single day of rain in July, harvest in the South was completed by 21 st August. Taking advantage of the dry conditions, farmers harvested 91% of their crops below 15% moisture with a remarkably low average moisture of 13%. As a result, grain quality has been very high, and disease and toxin levels have been negligible. Most crops yielded slightly below average due to the wet spring, consequent late drilling, and the absence of rain pre- harvest. This will inevitably have an impact on export availability as domestic demand is prioritised. However, this year there are milling wheat cargos available in standard UKP and UKS grades as well as premium quality Group 1 grade. Additionally, there will be a substantial barley export programme.
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Crop Export Quality Overview
Barley
Wheat
Specific weight Protein
No. Samples
Commodity
Oil
Moisture
Nitrogen
Germ
Broken Retention Screenings
Hagberg P/L
W
Don
%
Kg/HL
%
%
%
%
%
% Seconds
All Malting
1674
13.45
66.64
1.84
99.2
0.92
92.14
1.78
Propino
998
13.34
66.52
1.82
98.9
1.05
92.49
1.54
Planet
596
13.59
66.87
1.79
99.6
0.71
91.74
2.13
Barley
Laureate
48
13.93
64.35
1.82
98.6
0.85
90.47
2.66
Irina
47
13.68
68.38
1.83
98.6
0.89
92.23
1.21
Feed
90
12.81
66.17
1.87
All Wheat
2987
12.93
78.89
12.54
337
166
Gp1
1684
12.84
79.61
13.81
351
50
Wheat
UKP
1060
12.86
79.30
12.19
350
0.70 262
100
UKS
428
12.97
77.85
11.51
292
0.20 100
200
Gp4
383
13.19
78.26
11.45
319
350
All Milling
330
12.52
50.58
11.63
6.19
Mascani
205
12.31
52.91
11.33
4.91
Oats
Elyann
37
12.59
46.35
11.97
9.02
Canyon
46
12.84
46.13
12.20
9.27
Aspen
22
13.34
46.30
12.24
5.55
Beans
Human
50
14.65
76.33
Feed
48
14.96
77.04
Peas
Human
6
12.78
81.40
Feed
8
14.50
79.49
Oilseed Oil
48
7.19
43.8
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Milling Wheat
The 2018 harvest experienced an exceptionally high wheat crop quality with 56% of all samples exceeding 80 Kg/HL and most of the samples between 78 – 82 Kg/HL. Due to higher specific weight, protein content in UKP and UKS milling wheat grades has been slightly lower than last year. Given the sunny growing conditions, quality of the protein has been very high, bringing the grades closer to buyer specification. Falling number (Hagberg) results have proved outstanding with over half of the samples reaching 350 seconds and many exceeding 400. Pass rates for milling wheat during Harvest 2018 has been one of the highest on record. Cargos will be available in standard UKP and UKS as well as premium quality Group 1 categories.
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Malting Barley Quality
The 2018 malting barley harvest was not without its challenges. The 2018 growing season was very short and although the grain was very low in moisture, yields were below average resulting from the superb summer weather and bright sunshine. Despite the difficult conditions, the barley crop developed well with high marketable quality. Retention was high, and grains were cleaner and brighter than in some years with excellent germinative qualities.
Malting barley 1 kg samples are taken per 100 MT and the laboratory testing methodology is as follows: 1. Moisture, specific weight, Nitrogen parameters 2. Retention over a 2.5 mm sieve 3. Screenings through a 2.2 mm sieve
4. Broken grain count 5. Germination testing
93
92
91
90
89
88
87
Propino (998)
Planet (596)
Laureate (48)
Irina (47)
Average retention % by variety
Considering all quality factors, Planet was the outstanding variety overall, competing strongly with Propino which is also readily available.
100% 98% 96% <96%
Malting barley germination rate (1674 Samples)
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Malting Barley Quality
The barley was higher in Nitrogen content than the previous two years, as the shortened growing season reduced yields, resulting in more concentrated Nitrogen readings.
1.79
1.91
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
Distribution of Nitrogen in Planet (596 samples)
1.89
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
Distribution of Nitrogen in Propino (998 samples)
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
Distribution of Nitrogen in Laureate (48 samples)
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Malting Barley Availability
Overall, UK malting barley is slightly higher in nitrogen than recent years. Our export surplus is estimated as 320,000 MT compared to a potential 550,000 MT from Hectares sown. To achieve this volume some utilisation of higher Nitrogen Barley will be required. Both quality and yield were best in the South of England where most export activity will be concentrated. UK cargos will be lower in moisture with typically sub 14% average. Germinative energy characteristics are outstanding and retention levels are also well above specification.
Supply and demand 2018:
- 3.7 million MT of spring barley produced nationally in 2018 with 327,000 MT available for export - Plantings up 4% from 2017 with 740,000 Hectares of spring barley planted nationally
- Approximate yield of 5 MT/Ha, 16% lower than 2016
- 50% of barley produced meeting malting criteria
- 1.5 million MT of UK demand
- 320,000 MT surplus available for export
Avonmouth
Shoreham
Poole
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Milling Oats
Winter oats were fair in quality and bright. Screenings and specific weight were well within specification for Mascani which has shown to be the dominant variety as usual. Spring oats as with the other spring crops of 2018, were also subject to the problematic growing conditions, thus specific weight was low on average and screenings were almost two times higher than in Mascani. Cargos into Shoreham will test 2 Kg/HL higher than sampled.
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52
50
48
46
44
42
Mascani (205)
Elyann (37)
Canyon (46)
Specific weight by variety
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mascani (205)
Elyann (37)
Canyon (46)
Average screenings (2mm sieve) by variety
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