Gathering in the straw

Oat straw is being gathered in from the fields. The harvest is progressing well.

Baling up the straw

A few weeks ago I did some posts showing the combine harvester, harvesting the wheat, well here are some photos of the straw being put into lines in the field ready to be baled up. You can also see the big round bales in the field waiting to be collected to go into the straw barn until they are needed. Sheep and cattle will sleep on the straw during the winter and probably eat a bit of it too!

Harvesting the wheat

This picture shows the damage that the heavy rain has made on the crop, flattening it in places. On our farm the fields are the relatively small, compared to the large fields in East Anglia - see the old hedges around the edge - this makes combining a little more tricky for us. The combine starts by going around the field and you can see the straw that has been left behind. This will be baled up later with a baling machine. It has been sold to other farmers who will use it on their farms for their sheep and cattle.