'Scotland produced a barley crop 7% above the five-year average last year compared to England which was 3% above their five-year average to produce in total 7.2m tonnes of which 4.8m tonnes was spring and 2.4m tonnes was winter barley and in total was 200,000 tonnes up on last year and quality was better as well'
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