From the 11.26ha field mapped by GPS on the day, the Beal Farm team harvested a total of 191.4t of Dickens at an average 17.4% moisture on 1 September, giving a 15% moisture adjusted yield of 16.519 t/ha.

Confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, this new world record smashes the old title holder, Mike Solari’s 15.64t/ha recorded in New Zealand.

The record is all the more impressive for being produced to the farm’s strictly commercial seed crop growing regime, according to Agrii.co.uk.

Rod Smith from Beal Farm put this year’s Dickens achievement down to a combination of variety and season with fantastic agronomy and farm teamwork.

For a total input cost of under £46/t, the crop generated a gross margin of over £1,000/ha at a feed wheat price of £110/t.

Visit agrii.co.uk for a detailed summary of what it takes to break the world wheat record.

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