Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Drilling of crop plots at the 2020 Cereals Event site in Cambs is nearing completion, with stands of oilseed rape and cereals emerged and growing away, despite the difficult conditions. Charlotte Cunningham reports. According to crop plot manager Paul Scrimshaw, 100% of the exhibitor plots had been drilled by the end of October, with the Choice Cereals plots – featuring most of the approved and candidate winter wheat and barley varieties – now ready to go in. “Like elsewhere in the UK, we’ve experienced very tricky wet conditions – although we’ve escaped more lightly than some areas in the West Midlands,” says Paul. “We’re on light land and the whole 50ha site was ploughed and pressed before we started. The grass is looking really good, and I’m really impressed with how the Syngenta Sprays and Sprayers Arena looks.” With over 30 varieties of wheat and more than 20 of barley, alongside oilseed rape, linseed and novel crops covering around 5ha of crop plots, the logistics of sowing and managing the site can be complicated even with perfect weather conditions, he adds. “It’s very different growing a show crop to a farm crop. To a farmer, it’s the economics that are…
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