Colin Chappell
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- 2
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- Aug 13, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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Country diary: This is how bad the heatwave has got for us arable farmers â Iâm going on holiday | Colin Chappell (opens the original)
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Brigg, Lincolnshire: I should be busy, but the boom-bust climate has upset all my usual routines By the time you read this, I will be away in the Scottish Borders â a British arable farmer on holiday in August? This is unheard of. Iâve never done it myself in 30 years of farming. The reason Iâm going away is that, remarkably, I have very little to do, and itâs all down to this destructive modern climate. We have finished the harvest, all done in almost entirely the month of July. Overal
Country diary: Harvest time has arrived â and itâs three weeks earlier than 20 years ago | Colin Chappell (opens the original)
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Brigg, Lincolnshire: Itâll take six weeks to cut it all, starting with barley and likely ending with beans. Thank goodness the combine has air-conditioning The crops have managed to survive winter flooding (almost) and two heatwaves, but another hot spell of weather is on the way as we embark on the enormous task of harvesting our crops. Winter barley for seed is usually first, followed by oilseed rape (OSR), then probably wheat. Beans are nearly always last to be cut, often in September, but
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