Most Read

Farming in Lincolnshire

As the county that feeds the country, Lincolnshire is renowned for its cereals, vegetable production, livestock and horticulture. This month we celebrate farming in the county! NB: Click above images to make page layouts larger. Cereals in Lincolnshire By the time you read this, you’ll be able to look out of the window and see combines rumbling steadily across the fields, gobbling up massive quantities of wheat, barley and oilseed rape. In 1850, harvesting an acre of wheat took many labourers 23 hours. With the advent of early combines that dropped to about eight hours and a single person. The same task today takes 20-30 minutes, and the driver enjoys air conditioning and listens to Smooth Radio in their cab....