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Welcome to Crop Watch update for week ending Saturday Tuesday September 30. Field work during the past 7 days has concentrated on ploughing, cultivating and sowing out the crop.

Wednesday September 24

Ploughing is completed

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Friday September 26

The field was sown out with CONSORT winter wheat at a seed rate of 10 stone per acre (70 kilos per ha). Seed was treated with BERET GOLD (active ingredient fludioxinil) to protect against seedling blight (Fusarium) and Common Bunt (Tilletia caries).

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Tuesday September 30


All cultivations and sowing now completed

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