Watch: In the fields – oil seed rape

From leaf size to the risk of pigeon grazing, tillage editor Andy Doyle surveys a crop of oil seed rape at the start of the winter.

Andy Doyle

11 December 2016

Andy Doyle takes to the fields to see how oil seed rape is doing.

Andy takes to the fields to see how oil seed rape is doing so far. He finds strong, healthy plants, with just a few yellowing leaves dying out naturally without signs of disease.

Tillage management: dry land in December is a rarity

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