Arable

We had a bit of excitement in the garden last week. I had a text from my wife to phone the local farmer after she heard a moo which sounded too close. It was, and 75 cows and their calves had got out and were walking down the street.

A tracker has helped police pursue and recover a quad bike stole from North Yorkshire in the middle of the night.

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has launched a fact-checking website to challenge misreporting of ecological science.

As I write this article on July 16, I am delighted to report that the MacLeod family managed to fit in a ‘staycation’ having just returned from a four-day trip to Wester Ross and a stay in my uncle’s chalet. 

Nearing the end of an extraordinary season, we can count ourselves lucky Covid-19 has affected our working lives much less than many. But then again, we have the weather to contend with.

With no oilseed rape or winter barley in the ground I was not expecting an early start to harvest and that is how it looks at the moment.

The UK markets are watching for any signs of bigger crops.

The Welsh Government has proposed a number of simplifications to the way the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) operates ahead of its planned phase out.

A new emergency authorisation of a desiccant for linseed seed crops has been secured.

As I write, combines in our area are making their first tentative starts into this year’s harvest.