Farm Diary

It is maybe too early, and a severe setback could be coming our way, but we do know that it is now only around the corner, whatever happens.

We turned some dry cows out for the day while we mucked out the shed and they were certainly excited by that!

I am going to apply the first light dressing of fertiliser to the grass and attempt to repair the rabbit damage to the new grass ley while we have this window of opportunity.

We are getting stuck into cultivations at Tillington maize ground now that all the muck has been spread.

Muck is being hauled to the next block of maize ground at Hascombe, with plans to be cultivated there by the end of the month.

We should have plenty of muck to spread on the maize fields this spring, as we are installing a slurry separator as the first phase in meeting the new tough nitrogen vulnerable zone regulations, which will be announced by Defra soon.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette February 13