Farm Diary
Most of the new grass lays we drilled in the autumn look very good, but the fields which were drilled late have failed, and will need re-drilling this spring; we shall get on with that task in early April.
I shall get on with spreading Nitrogen on the grass as conditions allow, and when it dries up once more, we will apply some more dirty water to silage fields.
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Hide AdI spent a few hours in New Zealand House last week in the company of this year's 'Nuffield Scholars', where the British group were joined by the international Scholars.
The penthouse area of NZ House offers one of the best views in London, and as the NZ Ambassador commented 'You can see 80% of the 'Monopoly' board from here, and the price for passing 'go' these days is 700,000 per annum; for life'! We had a very good evening, and there are some interesting subjects being studied, such as 'succession planning in agriculture'.
For full feature see West Sussex Gazette March 11