Firstly, my experience of Camgrain’s collection service during harvest was simply the best ever a great relief and stress free experience Thank you to everyone.

It is strange having so much time in August to do other things like a few days away, fencing as the sheep seem to have developed this ability to jump fences to find fresh food! Ditching and tidying margins up.

We are trying our luck growing oilseed Rape again after 3 year break due to battle with the Beetle! A third of the crop looks promising so far and we hope with recent rain we might see some more grow,fingers crossed. My Agronomist says he has a sizable increase in oilseed drilling area this year so lets hope we will see more rape into Camgrain from our own member’s this year.

I also notice not many cultivated fields driving around in the countryside so far. Is this meaning we will see a lot more direct drilling this autumn or farmers are cutting back?

Ranil Jayawardena was appointed yesterday as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, previously in the trade department. I know very little about him and its early days to know how he will effect policy for farming for us, I hope he listens to us farmers.

Some memories of August :

A fire in old Hovel due to lads out of town having a fire nearby.

Puppies (one bitch still unsold).

Lovely lazy summer evenings and able to enjoy them

Many thanks again for the service this harvest

Stay safe

Jo