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CROPPING
Crops grown on the farm are cereals namely wheat
and barley, oilseeds as linseed, and root crops sugar beet and potatoes, to sell
off the farm. grass is grown to feed the animals. Setaside is used for
increasing the wildlife, some in 6 meter
arable margins
within the
countryside stewardship
scheme . Other areas are specially sown for wild birds to feed on in
the winter, the rest for ground nesting birds to nest on in the summer.
The crops are grown in rotation. Wheat followed by barley with a break from
cereals in the form of a root crop oilseed rape or setaside.. For details about
their management see farm
diary.
Where grass is grown this is classed as permanent and is not ploughed out very
often. The grass near the church is the location of the old village and has not
been ploughed for at least 75 years. This is part of the stewardship scheme.
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