Month - March

March
Dairy cows being milked.

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March
Silage being cut for beef and dairy stock. By the end of march winter fodder may be running low and farmers will be looking forward to getting the animals out to fresh grass.

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March
Outdoor shelters or arcs provide comfortable accommodation for a single sow in the mixed weather conditions of spring.

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March
Supplementary feeding continues in upland and hill farming situations.

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March
Fertilising a crop of spring barley. Nitrogen is not applied until it can be made good use of by the crop.

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March
Grass margins bordering an arable field - the darker distant soil has just been drilled.

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March
Drilling peas in a dry spell. Good conditions herald the start of spring field operations.

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March
Leeks are now in season.

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March
Broccoli is now coming into season along with cauliflower, spring greens and radishes.

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March
Early mornings, well worth getting up for!

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March
Warm conditions in the Highlands but the seasons are much later than in the south of the UK.

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March
The woodland floor springs into life.

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March
Usually unseen, fungi are endlessly recycling and returning nutrients to the soil.

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March
A young hedgerow with a 2 metre grass buffer strip that prevents fertiliser and sprays reaching the hedging.

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March
Spraying weeds around a young hedging plant to encourage vigorous early season growth and good establishment.

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