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• Northern OSR recovers well

  Andrew Gloag's oilseed rape is nothing like as forward this autumn as it was (pictured above) two seasons ago. But the crop which was earlier giving concern at Busby House Farm, Stokesley, N Yorks, has recovered well, thanks mainly to recent rain... Posted Nov 22 2007, 10:42 AM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: OSR, Agritechnica, Machinery

• German machinery show impresses N I Barometer farmer

  With winter cereal drilling complete and all herbicides applied on his land at Dungiven, Northern Ireland, James Wray took the opportunity to visit Germany's Agritechnica machinery event last week with his local contractor Ryan Boggs. "We flew... Posted Nov 20 2007, 10:18 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Potatoes, Agritechnica, Machinery

• German machinery show beckons

  James Wray's potato lifting at Dungiven, Co Londonderry, 97ha (220 acres) of Navan, Cabaret and first-time Maris Piper, should all be over by Wednesday thanks to a good spell of weather with only patchy showers. "After a wet summer and a stop... Posted Oct 22 2007, 09:56 AM by flutefriend with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Drilling, Potatoes, Agritechnica