What a difference a year made! At this time in 2018 (early April) the only field work completed was the first fertilizer spread on the few fields where we could travel. Meanwhile what seemed like our
A labour and machinery review carried out on Richard Orr’s Monitor Farm has made him stop and think when it comes to replacing his rusting fertiliser spreader. Along with benchmarking, the review
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/AHDBcereals/videos/755316388173890/[/embed] In doing the process of the [machinery] review, I learnt as much as I did coming out of the far end, which was very
Well, hey, harvest went well! That was the highlight of the year. The photo above shows my pea crop this year, with the top pod having shed, the haulm still unfit to harvest, and a flower bud forming
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At our Summer Open Day we had a trailer with seating which we drove along the top of the field which we have our drill try-out plots in. From this elevated vantage point, we invited people to look
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By Russell Price It’s nice to sit in the office looking at the beautiful rain falling outside on the now lush crops and enjoy the fact we have finally caught up with the workload, apart from an
