
Renowned English grain grower, Tim Lamyman, has set new Guinness World Records for both wheat and barley yields. The farmer, who crops 600 hectares in the county of Lincolnshire, achieved a wheat yield of 17.96 tonnes to the hectare, breaking the previous record of 17.40 tonnes from New Zealand farmer Eric Watson in 2020. He also registered a barley yield of 16.21 tonnes to the hectare, surpassing his own world record by two tonnes.
The Efforts Behind the Records
<p>Tim Lamyman says that a great deal of planning, preparation, and attention to detail went into his record-breaking crops. He starts from the land and then moves into bionature, nutrition, and the best fungicides to create these yields. He uses a product called Delta Nitrogen to increase the fibrous root mass of the plant and create thicker and stronger stems and more tillers. The farmer says that only select parts of his farm were capable of achieving high-end yields and only the better land with a slightly higher clay content on the top of hills are pushed to 300 to 350 kilograms of nitrogen to the hectare.
Competing in the World of Grain Growing
The world of competitive grain growing is highly contested and often, records can be broken by just a few kilograms. Nick Poole, Managing Director of Field Applied Research Australia, likens it to Formula One racing and says that Tim Lamyman breaking the world record by almost 0.6 tonnes is a huge step forward. The world of grain growing is a challenging and exciting one, and Tim Lamyman’s achievement is a testament to his hard work and dedication.</p><h2>Achieving Record Yields in Drought Conditions</h2><p>England suffered through a severe drought last year, recording its fifth driest summer since 1836. Despite the drought, Tim Lamyman was able to achieve record yields by producing root structures. He found an inherent aquifer water source in his underlying chalk land that draws water back upward during a drought, which is where he says some of his yield came from. He also got more sunlight in the ripening time than the UK normally gets, which resulted in high hectolitre weight and a grain weight of 83.6 kilograms per hectolitre.
Harvesting the Highest Yielding Wheat Crop Ever
Harvesting the highest yielding wheat crop ever was an exciting experience for Tim Lamyman. He says it was great fun and really thrilling until the last trailer went over the weighbridge and he wasn’t quite sure whether he had broken the record or not. Tim Lamyman’s achievement is a testament to his hard work, dedication, and innovative approach to grain growing and sets a new standard for the industry.