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EARLY INDCATIONS suggest that even hough this year's arable harvest
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24th September 2009
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yields will probably be below last year's record of 17 million tonnes, it will not be too far behind.
Also, reveals Guy Gagin, chief arable adviser at the National Farmers' Union, he quality of wheat is higher this year, suggesting the amount of haulage required will also be greater. Poor quality grain tends to go from farm to farm rather than for export.
Hauliers can expect pressure to remain an rates as their farming counterparts will probably have lost money on producing this year's crop overall — the global price for wheat as a commodity is much lower than it was 12 months ago. Farmers can, though, make some of their cash back through the EUS single payment scheme — a financial support offered to farmers.