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income stream and fi nancial buff- er, giving the family more confi - dence to try different things, such as the change to direct drilling. “There is also a small Caravan
Club site, two reservoirs for irri- gating potatoes and fi shing, and a purpose-built fi shing lake cur- rently run on a day-ticket basis, but with the longterm aim, once the carp are big enough, for it to be run by a fi shing syndicate. The next project, about to go
in for planning, is to put fi ve hol- iday cabins in an area of wood- land on the farm, to offer a more exclusive setting to an older cli- entele than is possible on a con- ventional caravan site.
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Applying nutrients with the seed is like rocket fuel.
Up for consideration on the ar- able side is a camera-steered hoe, equivalent in cost to a foliar spray – which now doesn’t work, says David. With the cross-slot drill al- ready set to eight-inch row spac- ings, the hoe could run easily be- tween the crop rows.
“I’m an admirer of [Suffolk or-
ganic farmer] John Pawsey: how he gets around some of the prob- lems he faces without using chem- icals. He lives with self-imposed limits, but our limits are closing in, and hoeing is what more and more farmers are looking at. “We’re looking at a Garford
hoe; it’s a big investment, and I want to be sure it will work in our soil conditions. We’ve had lots of discussion in our group, and also at Cereals, about hoeing, and it’s interesting how many farmers are already using them.”
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Above: Oilseed rape doesn’t suffer the same extent of fl ea beetle damage seen on many farms.
Left: Rye, well-suited to light land conditions, is grown for local company Edme.
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