Busy week, so much
going on, so little time to write about it, so I’ll be brief.
Russian Crop Tour II
complete, 2,200km through Russia’s grain belt, hundreds of assessment’s taken, analysing
results now, winter grains in variable condition, some good, some bad, weather
is playing a major part, autumn weather still having a significant impact, spring
plantings variable, some OK, some bad, a lot of quality issues related to
planting, weather will play a major part, very little disease, some pests,
weeds starting to get ahead.
Tomorrow we kick off
Ukraine Crop Tour II, back in the car, driving and assessing from dawn to dusk,
we will dig holes to look at the soil profile and moisture, we will count
plants and take samples to determine yields of winter and spring cereals, we
will measure and assess spring planted crops, we will photograph everything, we will record, we will form an opinion, we tweet everything we see, we will report, we will send that report to
all the great and clever and attractive people who had the foresight to sign up
and support the only independent in depth study of crop conditions in Ukraine
and Russia.
There is still time
to sign up to the tour and become clever and attractive and
support us in our endeavour to inform and bring light to the darkness of
confusion.