Cereals will be held on 10-11th June 2020 at Chrishall Grange, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. Drilling of crop plots at the Cambridgeshire site is nearing completion, with stands of oilseed rape and cereals emerged and growing away, despite the difficult conditions.
'The site is on free draining land and the grass for the Cereals Event has established extremely well - the whole area looks a picture,' says host farmer Robert Law.
According to crop plot manager Paul Scrimshaw, 100 percent 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 Mr Scrimshaw. '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 important at the end of the day, whereas with show plots all exhibitors want them looking beautiful so you do have to go the extra mile.'
To sow the crops, Mr Scrimshaw has two 30hp open-cabbed tractors, 1.2m and 2m cultivators and a 2m drill although he can call in specialist equipment if required.
Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
'The site is on free draining land and the grass for the Cereals Event has established extremely well - the whole area looks a picture,' says host farmer Robert Law.
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'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 Mr Scrimshaw. '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 important at the end of the day, whereas with show plots all exhibitors want them looking beautiful so you do have to go the extra mile.'
To sow the crops, Mr Scrimshaw has two 30hp open-cabbed tractors, 1.2m and 2m cultivators and a 2m drill although he can call in specialist equipment if required.
Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
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