# The new crops that could soon profit UK farmers - Farmers Weekly

> Agrii is trialing novel UK crops including naked oats, food barley, legumes and alternative wheats. Farmers are widening rotations due to grassweed problems and loss of pesticides, and a malting barley contract with Glencore and Budweiser has grown to 85,000t.

- Date: 2019-05-24 · published 2019-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59142-the-new-crops-that-could-soon-profit-uk-farmers-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Diversification into specialty cereals and pulses shifts UK acreage away from staple feed crops, a modest long-term bearish factor for UK feed barley and wheat supply.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-selection/market-opportunities/the-new-crops-that-could-soon-profit-uk-farmers

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