Archive Article: 2002/03/22

22 March 2002

Ploughing at Ash Hill Farm, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, gets underway in preparation for drilling Static spring feed barley. Farmer Thomas Dent says he is much more optimistic than last spring when the farm was hit by foot-and-mouth, but isnt too impressed with the forward barley price which the trade puts at £58/t for November.