Saturday 28th July 2012

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. As we slow down the harvesting operation it gave me a chance to visit the remaining 100 fields (which involved 250 miles on the glorious roads of Lincolnshire!). There is a wide range in crop quality and in a number of cases 14 weeks of rain has done significant damage. Some fields may not be worth harvesting but we will see nearer the time. Below is a very good crop of Oasis, a field showing a trial variety which is not as susceptible to "footrot", a bad case of "footrot" and a cracking crop of Markardo. So a mixed bag.