CROPS | BIGNOR FARMS

We grow crops for ourselves and other people on around 500ha. We use lots of technology from satellite images, drones and detailed soil sampling to self-driving tractors to only put chemical and fertilisers where they are needed.

Wheat Our most important crop is usually planted in the Autumn and harvested in August. The highest quality wheat that we grow will be used to make bread and biscuits. We also grow varieties of wheat to feed to animals.	Barley Barley can be planted in the Autumn or Spring and harvested in the summer. Some of our barley will be used to make malt and then beer or whiskey. Lower quality barley can be fed to animals.	Oilseed Rape The bright yellow fields that you can see across the countryside in the Spring! Oilseed rape is fantastic for bees and pollinating insects. The small black seed is usually pressed to extract cooking oil and the meal that is left is fed to animals.
Linseed Another oil crop that fantastic for insects. Linseed produced bright blue flowers and is easy to spot across the countryside in late spring. Linseed oil has hundred of uses from oiling cricket bats to pharmaceuticals.	Peas & Beans Peas & Beans are called legumes and actually fix Nitrogen (an important fertiliser) into the soil which helps the following crop. They can be used for human consumption or a very high quality animal feed because of the high levels of protein they produce.	Stubble Turnips The only crop that we don’t combine! We often plant stubble turnips between winter barley and a spring crop. We use it graze our sheep in the winter when there isn’t much grass. It is an excellent feed and sheep produce lots of muck on the field which helps the following crop

We use the latest technology to improve the health of our crops and soils. From direct drilling to self-steering tractors, monitoring crop health with drones and even counting worms.

Our crops usually need drying after they are harvested and we have a giant drier on the farm to do this. Once the grain is dry and cool, we can store it in our barns and sell it throughout the year or plant it again to produce next year's crops.

Wheat

Our most important crop is usually planted in the Autumn and harvested in August. The highest quality wheat that we grow will be used to make bread and biscuits. We also grow varieties of wheat to feed to animals.

Barley

Barley can be planted in the Autumn or Spring and harvested in the summer. Some of our barley will be used to make malt and then beer or whiskey. Lower quality barley can be fed to animals.

Oilseed Rape

The bright yellow fields that you can see across the countryside in the Spring! Oilseed rape is fantastic for bees and pollinating insects. The small black seed is usually pressed to extract cooking oil and the meal that is left is fed to animals.

Linseed

Another oil crop that fantastic for insects. Linseed produced bright blue flowers and is easy to spot across the countryside in late spring. Linseed oil has hundred of uses from oiling cricket bats to pharmaceuticals.

Peas & Beans

Peas & Beans are called legumes and actually fix Nitrogen (an important fertiliser) into the soil which helps the following crop. They can be used for human consumption or a very high quality animal feed because of the high levels of protein they produce.

Stubble Turnips

The only crop that we don’t combine! We often plant stubble turnips between winter barley and a spring crop. We use it graze our sheep in the winter when there isn’t much grass. It is an excellent feed and sheep produce lots of muck on the field which helps the following crop

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