The correct drill

Come April, most of the fields due to be planted with spring crops should be drying out nicely and a lot of the lighter soils already sown. Indeed, I saw the first drills out on 28 January, admittedly after a prolonged dry spell. Because of a dry autumn in my part of the world (Essex), most, if not all of the winter drilling programme was completed in perfect conditions, meaning there is relatively little to be sown in the spring.

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