When things finally got going, this year, they didn't stop and my blog has suffered because of it. I did manage to update Facebook so hopefully that will help to fill in the big gap I've left.
Harvest went well with only a couple of minor breakdowns. The oilseed rape was disappointingly average at a tonne and a half an acre but the oils were good. The peas were the same, average at a tonne and a half but good colour and size. The wheat yield has been good at 3.6 to 3.7 tonnes an acre with good quality to it. Hopefully a few extra pounds a tonne premium on it..... So just the sugar beet left and that won't be long.
The new crop of oilseed rape has struggled. Drilled at the start of September, the flea beetle and slugs haven't been kind to us. But I'm still hoping it will make a crop. The plants are small but I think there's enough of them. So now it's time to think about the wheat....
We've cultivated the fields and tried to encourage the blackgrass to grow so it can be sprayed off before the new crop is drilled. Keeping my fingers crossed that I've made a dent in the numbers, and hoping to start drilling next week. The showery weather is stopping me spraying but I hope to get caught up in the next day or two. Sugar beet harvest is planned for the start of November.
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