Fen Peas

Having had the weekend to allow the peas to mature we're off again 24hrs on the Heath north of Sleaford. The viners are in a crop of Style supplied by Church of Bures. It is not a variety that we have grown before, but due to the general shortage of seed we had no choice. It does look as though it will perform well, so by accident we may well have found another variety that we can grow on the Heath. Another 100 acres up here and then over to Toynton, followed by Tattershall. On the hottest day of the year you do expect problems with harvesting machinery and factories having to work under high temperatures, I'm pleased to say that both performed well.

It was good to meet the ASDA buying Team who visited the field to see first hand what we actually do. As we know Retailers are price/quality driven, there seem to be no issues with the quality, but the ever rising oil prices and firm markets for Oilseed Rape and Wheat will inevitably mean that Growers will not be asking if there is going to be a price rise for 2009, but how much will the price rise by. These discussions will not doubt start over the coming weeks.