After a year of remarkable challenges, we’re urging arable members to share their data in the 2024 NFU Harvest Survey.
Help us build a strong case to government
NFU Combinable Crops Board chair Jamie Burrows stressed how a handful of minutes online will help the NFU to make the strongest of cases to government for policies that build resilience in the sector, and support our food security.
“Given the challenges faced by growers this year, I want to ask for your support in our 2024 Harvest Survey, and to stress just how important it is to gather this data,” he said.
“It means we will be able to evidence how this year’s perfect storm of increased input costs and weather have affected harvest. We will take this forward across our lobbying, laying bare the challenges to resilience in the combinable crops sector.”
Country-wide coverage
He added: “Your experiences are not only important on a national scale, but also at regional level, where variations, especially in terms of the weather, will tell the story of the disparities across the country.
“The more regional data we have, the more tailored we can be when taking this information back to MPs and officials and the more relevant a case we can make.
“This survey will only take a few minutes and should be undertaken once you have finished harvest to get the most accurate figures possible.
“It is a lot to ask at such a busy time of year, as I know the work doesn’t stop once the combine has been put away, but those few minutes will help us to build the strongest possible evidence base.
“I’m conscious that many of you will have already filled in surveys for us this year – and I’m also conscious that this growing season has been one that many of us will want to get over.
“However, the strength of the picture we can present will be determined by the number of responses, so I would like to encourage everyone to take part.”
Before you begin...
- Please do not fill in your survey unless your harvest is complete.
- If your harvest is not complete by the survey deadline, please give the average yield realised on the area harvested to date.
- Yield estimates should be based on dried samples. If this is not possible, please adjust to give your best estimate of yield on a 14.5% (approx.) moisture content basis for cereals, 9% for oilseeds and 16% for proteins.
- Areas planted – record the same areas as you entered on your June Census return.
- All figures must be in metric units, (tonnes and hectares).
- To convert to hectares, multiply the area in acres by 0.405.
Please note the survey will close at 11:59pm on Friday 30 November.
