Our dreams of some meaningful rain have been dashed again! The forecast of rain for yesterday at one point was for 24mm, reduced to 19mm on the morning, but then actually ended up being just 1.5mm in our part of the Norfolk/Suffolk boarders!

Having finished harvest three weeks ago we have been making the most of the dry weather with good progress on digger jobs, cleaning out ditches and completing bits of building work.



Having broken the back of the dry jobs our patience for rain is being severely tested. We were originally hoping to drill oilseed rape, however having only had a total of 6mm of rain since the beginning of July our ground is like concrete. As a result, we are yet to do any meaningful cultivations and have done no drilling of either Oilseed Rape or potential catch crops. Frustrating, but the right decision so far to save money rather than take the risk before rain.

As a result, we are looking at and adapting our crop rotation. The investment Camgrain has put into Navara had already put Oats onto our radar to bring into our rotation. The current weather will likely increase that area further. We are looking forward to seeing just how much value Navara will add to our farm returns in the future!

I would like to thank the whole Camgrain team for all their efforts over the past two months. The preparation for such an early harvest combined with delivering the last of harvest 21 crop was a huge task which you all rose to amazingly. I am sure not having to run the driers made life easier, however the relentless pace of grain delivery must have created enormous pressure which you dealt with huge professionalism and stamina.

Thank you.

John