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The author offers farming updates at West Wratting Park Estate in Cambridgeshire, England. Aside from wheat, he mentions that the farm also grows oilseed rape, sugar beet, and spring barley. He expresses doubt on the reported plans of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of Great Britain to pay farmers by the end of December 2011. He also reports on the early drilling of cereal crops during the winter season.

The article reports that the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has criticized the excessive regulations regarding mycotoxins adopted by the food industry as they put unreasonable demands on farmers in Great Britain. During a milling supply chain meeting on October 20, 2009, NFU claimed that the excessive rules are also letting down the whole wheat supply chain. Ian Backhouse of NFU cited the effort of the union to establish appropriate techniques to manage mycotoxin risks.

The article talks about his crop farm in Great Britain as of October 2008. He notes that his grain drier had a spontaneous combustion after it was turned off. He adds that they combined and drilled wheat on the same day as they started the new season right after the end of the previous season. He mentions that they are waiting for the forecast rain before they begin planting their second wheats.