Archive Article: 2002/08/02

2 August 2002

Off to store at 13.9% moisture in Norfolk last weekend. Maurice Masons own lorry collects the first Regina barley from one of the pair of Lexion 480 combines tackling the Swaffham-based businesss 200ha (450 acre) malting crop. At 4.9t/ha (2t/acre) yield from the light land sowing was a bit less than expected, says combine driver Clive Walker. Heavier fields have done 25% more with better quality.