He said: “All seems to be going ok – we’re very happy with everything.”

“Other people in the area have had podding problems due to the weather, but we’ve been lucky.”

Mr Baxter said he couldn’t tell us the yield because the yield monitor on his New Holland 880 was “on the blink”.

He told us that moisture levels have been very variable, getting down to 7% at one point.

Next year Mr Baxter said he’s going to try his hand at growing Expert.