Nick with an Excellent Canola crop (Oilseed Rape)
Nick and Barbara run the family farm in Lincolnshire with a continuous cropping program. The crops they grow include Wheat, Beans, Oilseed Rape, Corn & others. They use a modified disc machine to sow all of their crops.
A Vaaderstaad Disc Seeder
The seeder had too much soil throw for what I am looking for in a zero-till capacity. A major problem that Nick and other farmers in the area face is waterlogging through out the year. During the fifties when the UK was sponsoring agriculture this area of England was drained using tile drains with ceramic piping at about 1 metre deep. This is effective but it needs maintanance
Tile Drainage
The high precipitation causes not only waterlogging problems but also problems at harvest with high moisture content of the grain. Nick has to dry all of his grain. He has room for about 4000 tonnes in the drying sheds and more normal storage. With his driers he can change the temperature of the grain and the levels of moisture. This achieved with blowing normal air through the grain pile or heating the air with gas burners.
A Wooden Floor With Underfloor Ventilation & Perforated Tin Channels
Dried Grain
Nicks crops that he grows were very good and the finished product ready for delivery had the right specification for the end user.
Historic Right of Way
All across UK there are historic right of ways which anyone can walk along so the farmers like Nick have to keep these designated areas tidy and accessible. It is a real pain in the arse. Nick told us that some walkers still walk anywhere over his crops.
A Nice Bean Crop
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