LONDON: Wheat area in the United Kingdom for the 2019 harvest is set to rise 4 percent to a five-year high of 1.86 million hectares, according to provisional results of an early bird survey released by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) on Friday.
"A combination of good autumn drilling conditions for many and higher pricing has encouraged more planting of winter crops," AHDB analyst Daniel Rooney said.
Winter barley area was seen 13 percent higher at 444,000 hectares with spring barley down 3 percent at 735,000 hectares.
The survey put rapeseed area at 582,000 hectares, down 3 percent from the prior season.
"Oilseed rape plantings are set to fall back with dry establishment conditions in early autumn and increased cabbage stem flea beetle damage reported," Rooney said.
The survey, which is carried out by The Andersons Centre, involved more than 80 agronomists and was conducted during the first two weeks on November.
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