Farmer Jake's Blog

June 2012 - Posts

• I had a really great day at Syngenta 's research centre yesterday at Jealotts Hill. The farm is a LEAF Demonstration Farm as well so we had a lot in common. It was the science though that I found really interesting and the years of testing and assessing... Posted Jun 22 2012, 05:03 PM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Syngenta, Jealotts Hill, Crops, Pesticides [Edit Tags]

• Open Farm Sunday (Part 1)

  Our Open farm Sunday event was held on the 17th June this year and we welcomed over 160 people. Everybody met up next to the combine and grain trailer ready to be loaded onto our tractors and trailers to begin their 1.5 hour trip to discover where their... Posted Jun 18 2012, 04:16 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Open Farm Sunday (Part 2)

  Here's Mary Poppins (AKA William Fox) from Frontier Agriculture standing out in the rain talking about what happens to our crops after they leave the farm. He spoke about the wheat going off to be milled and turned into flour for biscuits or bread... Posted Jun 18 2012, 04:15 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Wychall School Trial Operation Pollinator

  We had a great day today entertaining year 4 children from Wychall Primary School from Birmingham. We started the day, after a loo stop, with a session up on the hill trying to spot pollinators. The weather, I'll be honest has not been great over... Posted Jun 12 2012, 11:25 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]