Whistler
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Why can't we grow canadian wheat in the uk?
Errrr, pretty sure we can and did. AC Barrie wasn't it? Premium crops & gleadell into Ranks. They masturbated vigorously on the benefits, then one year ended up either paying a lot for contracted wheat, or having too big a heap, and then it stopped.Why can't we grow canadian wheat in the uk?
It has been done, we were one of the growers for Gleadell when they were contracting to go into Hovis loafs. The main marketing ploy was the 100% British loaf. However it all fell down after 2012, a bad crop year left them with no choice but to import some Canadian grown red wheat and once the packaging changed it never went back to being 100% British across their whole range. I should say it was 100% British WHEAT, god knows where all the soya, emulsifiers and other shite came from.Why can't we grow canadian wheat in the uk?
Why can't we grow canadian wheat in the uk?
I grew 100 ac of ac barrie about ten yr agoWe did some red wheat a few years ago. From memory very high protein but horrendous to thrash out. Low yields and expensive seed.