Archived News

17th May 2009

Raymond has been drilling maize in the sunshine at Wotton and Abinger over the last week, however this was halted by rain today.

Filling the maize drill with seed and drilling the sandy soil

We have a lot of Field work underway, with Roy spreading lime as a PH corrector and potash application as a fertilizer for the maize, Axel is power harrowing and William is ploughing, well that was until he managed to get the tractor stuck in some large ruts created by the forage harvester last year! It could have happened to anyone, and this tractor was soon pulled out by another.

David has been applying disease control to wheat and oats and growth regulator which helps to strengthen the stem of the plant and prevent it from ‘lodging’ or falling over.

Approximately 300 cattle overwintered in barns in Farnham.  These cattle have been weighed, wormed and given their Bluetongue vaccination booster prior to going back out to graze. 25 are now grazing common land in Farnham and the remainder have returned to Wotton, with about 30 in Sandy Meadow, 75 at Land Barn Farm, 80 at Hackhurst and a similar number at Lemons.