The first harvest 2014 action is beginning with oilseed rape and barley being cut early in some eastern and southern parts of the UK.

While farmers are gearing up to go full-steam ahead, we at FWi are doing our own harvest prep with the launch of this year’s harvest highlights gallery.

We want your pictures of your harvest, the good, the bad and the unusual.

So to whet your appetite, here are some of our favourites from last year’s gallery, including the online ed’s personal favourite – harvesting in the shadow of the Shard.

Get snapping soon and upload your pics to our gallery or email them to fwfarmlife@rbi.co.uk. Your photo could end up gracing the cover of Farmers Weekly magazine.

1. A.T.Bone combining in Hertfordshire with a great view of the Shard in the late afternoon sunlight.

2. John Deere S685i in wheat, taken by Carl Ashfield near Bury St Edmunds. The yield was 9.5t/ha and the moisture was 14.5%. Sent in by Hollie Gould from Ben Burgess machinery dealers.

3. New Holland CX880 harvesting a field of Vision OSR on the outskirts of Bengeo in Hertfordshire. Sunday afternoon, 4th August 2013.

4. The bad news was it did rain, the good news is – it made for a beautiful shot

5.The ‘Green Hulk’ combining wheat on the Carlisle Farm.

6. Holland and Massey working together

7. Stems of wheat with a combine harvesting in the background – peace and action all in one.

8. Combining winter wheat at night with one of two John Deere C670i hillmasters.