Thursday 14 June 2018

Arable crops in June



Our holding has arable fields on all four sides. Here is what is growing in mid-June this year.


Sugar beet.. This will be harvested late autumn and
early winter and sent to the sugar factory at
Bury St Edmunds. It is an important local crop and grown
extensively.

Maris Piper potatoes. Planted late this year but has caught
up quickly. Sprayed regularly against blight.

Wheat. This crop is destined for animal feed.

Typical big sky in this flat landscape. The crop is seed for bird
food. The reeds in the foreground are growing on the banks of
a field drain.

2 comments:

  1. Just Oil Seed Rape round here and a bit of wheat and sugar beet further away - that will make another horrible muddy road when it's lifted in the autumn

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  2. No oil seed rape around here as I gather it needs a heavier soil. In the winter we’ll have lorries squeezing their way through loaded up with beet and potatoes.

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