AgriFacts
October 2025
Harvest 2025 round up Who could have imagined that, after the challenge of the 2024 season, 2025 would bring an even greater test to our growers? The run-up to this year’s harvest presented a further challenge. Following another fairly wet winter, which gave way to the driest spring and summer on record, growers were left with many stressed crops and some spring crops barely getting any rain from drilling to harvesting. The season truly highlighted the resilience of winter crops and the importance of soil types. Heavier soil types tended to fair better than the light soils, while those who used organic manure saw their efforts pay off with better moisture retention.
Yields in tonnes/ha
The table below shows average yields collated from Fisher German clients results from harvests in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. These results show some quite low yields as expected, but also that harvest 2025 wasn’t a complete disaster, with average yields up on the year for Winter Barley and Winter OSR.
Av 2022
Av 2023
Av 2024
Av 2025
Winter wheat
9.65
8.25
8.08
7.89
Spring wheat
5.86
5.65
5.73
4.35
Winter barley
8.10
7.34
5.31
7.83
Spring barley
5.55
5.63
6.07
5.89
Winter beans
3.45
2.63
3.84
3.00
Spring beans
0.00
2.42
4.14
2.09
Winter OSR
0.00
3.35
2.85
4.04
Spring oats
5.25
4.58
6.07
5.69
As always, we are determined to look ahead with optimism as we embark on a new cropping year. While the current market conditions might make it tough to remain positive, we hope that the weather is on our side for the next 12 months.