# UK harvest yields continue to disappoint

> AHDB's second update shows UK harvest yields continuing to disappoint after limited rainfall since spring. Average winter wheat yields are 6.7 t/ha, winter barley 6.8 t/ha, and oats 4.2 t/ha, with only winter oilseed rape beating its 2025 average and wet weather slowing progress in Scotland and northern England.

- Date: 2026-08-22 · published 2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17842-uk-harvest-yields-continue-to-disappoint
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower UK cereal output modestly reduces domestic supply and raises import needs for feed barley and wheat, a small upward pressure on barley and wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-26 | [Ag Markets Continue to Rebound Higher \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49075-ag-markets-continue-to-rebound-higher-feed-and-grain.md) | -9.4% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-01 | [Feedinfo - Pre-Harvest Crop Tour Assesses French Soft Wheat Yield Potential – Stratégie Grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40426-feedinfo-pre-harvest-crop-tour-assesses-french-soft-wheat-yield-potential.md) | -7.2% | -15.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-28 | [Argentina soy harvest set to climb next season; wheat, corn to retreat \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14011-argentina-soy-harvest-set-to-climb-next-season-wheat-corn-to-retreat-financial.md) | +1.3% | -10.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-05 | [EU wheat harvest to fall due heat in north, French crop damage: Reuters poll](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63979-eu-wheat-harvest-to-fall-due-heat-in-north-french-crop-damage-reuters-poll.md) | -1.6% | +4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-18 | [Australia says 2019/20 wheat harvest drops to lowest in 12 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54573-australia-says-2019-20-wheat-harvest-drops-to-lowest-in-12-years.md) | -0.9% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- farminglife.com: https://www.farminglife.com/business/uk-harvest-yields-continue-to-disappoint-8934420

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