Fertiliser season

Fertiliser bags being collected ready for 2015 season. Andy Hampshire driving J4 PXF back from the docks. 

Sulphur fertiliser in transport. PX Farms are Fias registered for fertiliser haulage. 

Buckingham Palace

Lovely evening at Buckingham Palace. 

Lightening strike

7 am this morning we had a lightening strike at Waterbeach setting a blaze 15,000 bales. Fire engines and forklifts on site to try to save as many bales as possible and control the fire. Of all the things for lightening to strike it has to find the straw. 

Cambridgeshire Police training day

Cambridgeshire police had a training day at Scotland Farm looking at Agricultural Machines, Ceasar tags and security measures. 1 of 5 training days organised to develop agricultural knowledge of machinery and rural crime with the Police men and ladies. 

Excellent afternoon with the Police, NFU, and Cambridgeshire watch. 

Itv farmers three crop rule

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2014-05-28/farmers-willing-to-risk-subsidy-cuts-to-avoid-three-crop-rule/

We made the television last week. 

Rave season

70 young students from Comberton village college found having an illegal rave on our spring barley. 

The police presence and action was fantastic. They stopped the party and took away the alcohol. Sammy was able to continue spraying the field. 

Irrigation starts on the fenland.

Started irrigating at 72 metres with a boom on sugar beet to aid germination and establishment. This is a first for me as irrigating is unheard of on heavy land. Freddie is the champion at Irrigating putting 20 mm on a 500 metre pull. Lovely on a sunny day.