Well, this post is a lot later than anticipated! Harvest has been and gone – this year was our busiest to date, it felt like we never stopped. 2018 was a good year – here’s to an even better 2019. 2019 has so far taken the shape of various shows – LAMMA, Ripon Farm Services Show, Farmstar Open Day and YAMS on the horizon. We will be trialling Polysulphate on our home farm this year and will share the data here. Continue reading
Harvest is in full swing now and we have taken advantage of the cracking Yorkshire weather to start harvest a week earlier than normal. With highs of 28 degrees over the weekend we cut into our Syngenta Bazooka Barley. This is the first time we have grown hybrid Barley on the farm always favouring cassia previously. The dry conditions have undoubtedly impacted yields but still achieved a yield of 6.9 t/ha over the weigh bridge. Straw yields were equally as good with 3.2 tonnes hectare of straw achieved.
We have been using variable rate fertiliser applications for 3 years through IPF and have seen our yields increase. Continue reading
Today’s blog is written from the sunny climbs of Busot, a little village 30 minutes outside of Alicante. Whilst the sun is a welcome addition it is always a shame to be missing out on Cereals 2018 which looks like its going to be a cracking event. Hopefully I will get to the next one. Its always great to see the machinery demos, new technology, listening to experts and speaking with suppliers putting names to faces. Continue reading
We are proud to announce that we have purchased a Claas 2200 Square baler in time for harvest 2018. 
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The baler produces 120×70 bales in lengths to suit our customers requirements.
We are now looking for new customers for the 2018 season.
We are currently looking for straw in swath around the Yorkshire area. If you have straw available for sale please get in touch.
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