Plan the rotation first
The cropping plan comes before the buying. What goes where shapes the machines, the store and the labour, and it is worth a fortnight of arguing in the winter.
How a year runs
How we work
How a year runs here, from the rotation to the lorry.
The order of things
Rotation. Fields. Packhouse. Out.
Walk it before you trust it
An agronomist can be right about the field and wrong about the corner by the dyke. Somebody walks it, every week, in boots.
Pack it here, not down the road
The crop comes off our land and goes into our shed. Grading and packing under our own roof is where a growing year turns into something we can actually sell.
Send it out on time
Haulage is booked before the crop is ready, not after. A load that sits is a load that quietly loses value.
Ground rules
Three things that do not change.
Own the land
Rented ground can be taken back at a bad moment. Freehold is slow to buy and impossible to lose.
Keep the kit running
A breakdown in the middle of harvest costs more than any machine is worth in a good year. The workshop matters as much as the field.
Say what the crop is
If a load is not what a buyer expected, it comes back and so does the buyer's trust. We grade honestly and take the loss early.
The fit question
The right conversation, early, is cheaper than the wrong one late.
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