August already, although it has felt like October here for the past few weeks. July was a good month on the salads after a tough start to the season.
Mark Poucher is a farmer from Wragby, Lincolnshire.
With the deadline for submitting this piece passing two days ago, I am firmly blaming the success of the Royal Welsh Show for my last-minute rush to hit the send button.
NFU crops board chairman Matt Culley is a fourth-generation farmer from Hampshire working in partnership with his parents and brother.