From Saxon Agriculture: AHDB early bird planting survey forecasts 2016 GB wheat area at 1825k ha (vs 1833k in 2015), winter barley 424k (vs 442k), spring barley 727k (658k), oats 148k (131k), osr 565k
– a 6 year low- (vs 654k), pulses 242k (211k)…indicating a further move to spring crops. Sterling set 3 ½ month high vs Euro at £=€1.43 midweek.