The AHDB’s final harvest report shows the full impact of last season’s dry weather. Average yields for several key crops were below both recent and longer-term averages. Quality was also highly variable. Overall, the final report reinforces a familiar theme from throughout the season: another highly variable harvest shaped by limited rainfall from spring onwards. While some farms further north have achieved results close to, or above, their long-term averages, the extent of the reductions across the national averages for wheat, spring barley and oats confirms how challenging harvest 2026 has been for the UK. As harvest moved north, it…