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7th March 2010

It has been week of voting in the National Farmers Union. 

Peter Kendall and Meurig Raymond have been emphatically re-elected for further two-year terms as president and deputy president of the NFU and I think this makes a lot of sense with the General Election looming.  Peter and Meurig know how things work up at Westminster and I am sure they are the best people to represent the farming community during a General Election.

After the National elections came the regional elections at which Laurence was again elected as Chairman of the Regional Crops Board.  Tomorrow Laurence has another journey to London for the Assured Combinable Crop Scheme Board which meets about five times a year.

The Board comprises of many people representing the food chain including farmers, trade representatives such as merchants, millers from the National Association of British and Irish millers, Masters of beer making and seed representatives.

Back here on the farm David has been muck spreading over the weekend and Sam has been on cattle duties, whilst Luke has reached his 18^th surprise birthday party without guessing what was afoot!

Edward has been working with Gillian Van Der Meer this weekend and they have sown the wheat and Barley in  pallets for the Hampton Court Palace Show.

I helped out for a while and was captured in a few rare photos as I helped rake over the topsoil in readiness for planting.

The soil is raked until evenly distributed across the pallet, pror to seeding and covering in a fleece to create a wind break as the seeds germinates.