Saturday May 9th

The first flowers of the 2009 crop! This would suggest a mid June start. The variety is Prelado and has always looked well and in front of other crops. Having an early field allows us to blow the cobwebs off the harvesters and ease us into the season.We are now 87% of the way through our drilling programme, and so should finish next week. The last 10 days have seen some of the most difficult drilling conditions in recent years. It is now a case of monitoring the crops and getting all the equipment ready."