A farmer from Lincolnshire has broken the UK wheat yield record, although it fell just short of the world record.

Tim Lamyman, who farms at Lamyman Worlaby Farms, Worlaby, Louth, beat the previous best UK total by 0.01 tonne per hectare (t/ha).

He achieved a massive 14.31t/ha off 8.95ha of the hard feed wheat KWS Kielder, which was just enough to take the title from David Hoyles, who set the previous record with Invicta at Monmouth Farm, Long Sutton, in 2011.

However, the total was not big enough to challenge the world record of 15.63t/ha, set by New Zealand farmer Mike Solari in 2010.

Charlie Evans from the Strutt & Parker Country Department believes: “Land such as this, that produces such a high yield per hectare, could fetch up to 50% more at sale price. Normal prices in Lincolnshire would be around £10,000 per acre, but the fact that this has broken the British record for wheat yield means it could go for around £15,000 an acre”.

Mr Lamyman had set his sights on the world record, but a blockage in the drill and a couple of patches of blackgrass meant he came up short.

“It’s been very exciting,” he said. “We had two independent referees who watched the combining and the weighbridge, so it’s an official Guinness Record.”

The crop was sown on 15 September after oilseed rape, with a minimum till cultivation and Vaderstad system drill. Bionature’s Delta stabilised urea fertiliser was used, making the crops more resilient to adverse weather and soil conditions.

Across the farm, the worst wheat cut - drilled on 15 December - still yielded 11.2t/ha, and everything else had done over 12.35t/ha. Kielder, Cougar and Santiago all averaged about 13t/ha.

But despite breaking the wheat yield record, Mr Lamyman missed out on the winter barley record by 6%, having cut Florentine at 11.36t/ha.

He claimed a bit of headland damage was the reason for just falling short of the winter barley record, although he still averaged 10.37t/ha. Propino spring barley, meanwhile, had averaged 9t/ha, with two fields left to cut.

“We’re on grade two Wold land, so there’s no room for mistakes,” added Mr Lamyman. “The Bionature products improve field evenness – the bad patches are doing much better than they used to as the plants are better rooted and can withstand more difficult conditions.

“The Troy and Marathon rapeseed was the biggest disappointment, but we didn’t drill any headlands so it still managed 4.2t/ha, so we can’t complain too much.”

Richard Means from Strutt & Parker’s Farming Department commented: “There have certainly been some highlights from this year’s harvest despite a very cold start to the year. Generally, crops didn’t get going until April and to achieve the UK record is an excellent effort. With better weather, even the world record could be achievable by someone in the UK.”