On February 29, we had 10mm of rain and we were wondering when it would stop raining.

The land was full up, we were as wet as we had been all winter and we were fairly certain we would have to fallow one or two fields but that is not the case now because that was the last rain we have had.

Fortunately, the wind has been blowing and the soil has dried out quicker than any of us expected.

At the end of March we are having to be very careful on how we cultivate the fields to try and preserve the moisture.

We like many other farmers have been very busy drilling a lot of barley which will mean there will be a surplus of this crop.

We are drilling barley because it was too wet in the autumn to drill wheat and we normally get a better return from spring barley than spring wheat.

All our sugar beet is drilled and yet Newark sugar beet factory is still open, an unusual situation.

Last week we finished lifting potatoes, lets hope we are able to sell them,

This week we will start planting potatoes another unusual situation.

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Crops are finally being harvested now the ground has dried out

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No farmer has experienced a summer, autumn and winter like we have just had, it has been an horrendous time and now we have to cope with the coronavirus, another situation that we have never experienced before, an invisible enemy.