After a week of strong winds, the weather has finally changed. For the better? Depends if you like it hot or not?
This week was always going to be busy, with a machinery sale at Drainage Farm and the Cereals show at Boothby Graffoe, which didn't start off very well. The wind didn't drop until late on Monday, but I managed to get two tanks fulls of spraying done.
Tuesday was an early start to get the T3's on the wheats with a break at lunch to look round the machinery sale. Nothing took my fancy, so back to the spraying. With the T3's finished by teatime, I had time in the evening to put some Centurion Max on the sugar beet. Yes, blackgrass again.
Wednesday, I went to Cereals. I was more exhausted walking round the show than I am after a days work. But I learnt a bit, KWS Zyatt milling wheat has been recommended for growing next year and new sprayers are over priced. Oh well, the old Team is still working fine.
Thursday, I remembered what a pain in the arse the sugar beet hoe is to put on the tractor. So by the time I'd got it on greased and blades sharpened, it was 2pm. And so I'm still on beet hoeing this weekend. But the sugar beet does look so much better for doing. The hot weather will help the weeds shrivel up but so is the sugar beet. We need rain!
Let's see what the weather does next week......
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