Welcome to Crop Watch update for period ending April 09 2005. Crop is tillering well and ground cover continues to improve. Extremely cold end to the week. Biting wind is helping to improve ground conditions. Monday April 04 Tillering continues apace Click here for full sized picture Thursday April 07 Temperatures drop below freezing Click here for full sized picture Saturday April 09 Return to Spring-like conditions forecast Click here for full sized picture