Weekly Blog

The catchy August weather meant that this harvest was stop/start, rolling out the combines and balers at every available opportunity. The weather played havoc with moisture levels, meaning extra turning of straw to dry it off after the downpours - the lack of sunshine, heavy dews and high humidity shortened our days considerably meaning a later than usual finish this season. But despite the challenges, we've produced some weighty bales and achieved a great yield per acre on the wheat and barley, and an improvement on last year!