Dec 2024 Another tough year of compromises, setbacks and stress, all as a direct result of the not-so-great British weather. The lack of sunlight throughout the year coupled with the continuous and unprecedented rainfall events that we’ve been receiving really has made for a hard time, especially on the arable side of the business. Over …
The good, the bad and the downright ugly is the only way I can describe the state of our autumn drilled crops as we head into the spring. Throughout the later stages of 2023 as a result of the unrelenting rain I was pitifully watching our area of cereals for next harvest diminishing by the day.
Farm Facts: January 2023 140Ha Home farm plus 60Ha Share farming arrangement Arable, Beef & Sheep Crops: Wheat, Oats, Barley, Spring Beans, Clover/Herbal leys & Permanent Pasture. In some parts of the country getting livestock back out onto farms after decades of their absence has been the cause for much excitement of late, this is …
