Pete Olds

Another glorious summers day…after the rain and drizzle yesterday….with more rain tomorrow night, a tricky old season. Started combining some Champion at 19.5%. Yep, we’ll take that, thank you very much, let’s get it in the shed 👍 #monitorfarm #summer #sunset #harvest24

We’ve had a good start to harvest in West Cornwall, Caravelle barely doing 3-3.4t/ac, with 1.6t/ac straw. Lots of idiot cubes made 😁 looking very catchy for the wheat harvest, starting yesterday at 19.5% 🤦‍♂️ #harvest24

facebook.com/share/r/3GbnNEU… great Open Farm Sunday this weekend, summed up perfectly in this reel by a visitor to the farm. This is why we do what we do 💪

We’re really busy on sand spreading, haylage and hay this week, plus tidying up for our @OpenFarmSunday this weekend, but still finding a couple hours to host a local school visit. Love their enthusiasm and zest for a look round the farm 👌

A quick quick look at our lupins on Friday with DT from Riviera Produce, Becky from Farm Carbon Neutral and Steffan from the Alt-Soya project. A long term aim of ours is to reduce our reliance on soya for milling our chicken feed. One step in the right direction 👌

I might be surprised by this Dawsum after all. Some thumping ears in the crop, might make up for its uneven appearance. The combine always has the last laugh…

Knew we had nozzle filters for a good reason. The T2 chemistry is good at cleaning the sprayer!

Dawsum winter wheat coming on nicely now, just thought I would put a video here recording this amazing fact that not only is the sun shining, but the telegraph poles have worked out BANG ON! Wonders will never cease

Something about this time of year, crops springing out the ground, winter crops motoring through the growth stages. After a long winter, it’s so satisfying to see potential!

Good look at soil structure in different crops and rotations today. Less is more on cultivation, any David Attenborough’s care to identify the white soil insect/bug?! #croprotation #soilstructure