Archive Article: 2001/10/12

12 October 2001

Old kit to the rescue as Brian Peachey loads Pearl barley into Sentry Farms 18-year-old MF disc drill at Burrows Hill, Chatteris, Cambs. After a wet spell on the heavy land, Suffolk coulters on a newer combination drill could not cover the seed well enough, says foreman Trevor Scott. Just 3mm of rain last weekend meant no drilling delay.