The boys got the winter barley finished today which has been great and given us a window to get the oilseed drilled.
Spreading fibrophos fertiliser
As the fields get cleared the fertiliser gets spread as a base fertiliser 0:12:12.
We use the digger to load and the bredal to spread and move in one go so the system is for a one man band. Spreads about 100 tonne a day at 1 tonne per ha.
Pete’s back for harvest
Pete is back for harvest, I think it’s his 11th. I’m sure he will correct me tomorrow.
WCF summer ball
Last night we had a wonderful evening at Girton College Cambridge.
£19500 was raised for the Worshipful Company of Farmers with people’s generous contributions for the Auction and bidding.
Peter Notman and crew
Peter Notman Nuffield scholar and crew have come over from Australia to tour around Dairy and farm businesses. They bought a flying camera which was brilliant and I’ll post on you tube. We have moved from the Hybrid Volume on barley which averaged 9.34 t/ha so far and the glacier barley is not in the same competition. We have started spreading Fibrophos to boast the nutrients pre drilling the Oilseed Rape.
Harvest morning service
The early morning service for the day. 
Epic training 15th
The boys on the lorries did epic cpc training today.
Sheltering from the rain.
Lorry inspection and tight driving skills
We started the annual lorry inspection today and finish tomorrow. The boys have them looking smart. 
You can tell good drivers when they can reverse lorries down drives and through stable yards which cars could hardly fit. Barley moisture tonight was 13.5%. Tomorrow will be the first day of harvest. Yippee!