If you ever taste the perfect biscuit, the chances are the raw material came from Essex.
Great Tey farmer Robin Bartleet, of Abraham's Farm, Great Tey, near Colchester, has scooped £1,000 in the World Class Wheat competition.
He's been farming a range of crops for the past 18 years and has fought off stiff competition from rivals across the UK to win the top wheat award.
His award-winning wheat was a type called Riband - which is most often used to make biscuits.
Prize-giving judges looked at overall quality and the production costs per tonne.
Mr Bartleet, who farms 536 acres, won with wheat which cost just £51.15 per tonne to produce.
Top farmer - Robin Bartleet and winning wheat.
Picture: STEPHANIE MACKRILL
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