Contractor Adriaan Vos thirsts for a parcel of organic spelled at the Zonnegoed company in Ens. This happened on July 17. Photo: E. Koolhof
Menting Bloembollen sows green manure on a plot where tulips grew in Espel. In the background, contractor Teun Stoel is injecting slurry. Photo: E. Koolhof
Arable farm Smit from Swifterbant threshes a plot of winter barley on 5 July. Photo: D. van der Boom
On 27 July, arable farm De Minderhoudhoeve in Swifterbant is threshing wheat. In the evenings, a few hectares can be cut off quickly before new showers arrive. Photo: D. van der Boom
Grass seed combining by the Fam. Boonman from Nieuwdorp in Zeeland. Photo: M. Nijssen
Winter barley threshing on 4 July at the Van Hateren arable farm in Biddinghuizen. The barley stood up nicely, but after wind and showers most of the barley fell flat to the ground. Photo: N. van der Boom
A plot of spring barley is not threshed but is mowed for chopping as a GPS. Alfalfa has been sown through the barley. Photo: N. van der Boom
Chopping a dry third cut of grass in Drenthe. Photo: J. Eising
Contractor Schepers from Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, presses and wraps the silage. The month started nice and dry but ended very differently. Photo: J. Eising
Shoemaker Agri from Vlagtwedde sprays a beautifully flowering crop of potatoes on 27 June. Photo: H. Deuling
mts. Deuring from Nieuw-Weerdinge is busy sowing tagetes (marigolds) as green manure and as a natural means to combat nematodes. Photo: H. Deuling

Photo report Agrifoto.nl

Combine harvesters try to catch dry hours

31 July 2017 - Redactie Boerenbusiness

Not days, but hours must be used to get started with the winter wheat harvest. This is not easy due to heavy showers. And that while July started out so hot and sunny. This is also reflected in this photo series.

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