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Mark Fletcher: Farms on the Walsingham Estate within a family partnership, growing cereals and oilseed rape alongside a specialist sugar beet contracting enterprise
“Looking back over the last year, I think it is the first time in my farming career
that I could not find too much wrong with the weather – so much so, even my family
noticed my distinct lack of complaint. This however has been offset by the fall in
commodity prices which has affected all farms to a greater or lesser extent, based
on forward-
“The current cropping year has started well, with the majority of crops getting away to a good start. Early problems with flea beetles in oilseed rape have now been overcome with the mild weather, but this is not likely every year without adequate seed treatments available. My hope this year is to have crops meet their early potential, especially as the commodity markets remain as volatile as ever.”
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