Following the drill on cover

Establishing game cover in 2020 has been no easier than it was in 2019, but for very different reasons.

Last year, the main problems were cold, wet soil and too few warm, dry growing days to get the crops moving in May and Tune when spring crops get their roots down and really push on.

This year the weather has been the exact opposite. For many of us it was too dry when we were drilling, with very little moisture to get the seeds started.

Here, we decided to hold off as long as we could in the vain hope that