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GRASS
Grass is farmed in several different ways on farms ranging from permanent pasture which is managed at a low level of inputs and is usually gazed by animals. These fields are often none too smooth and may have
wire fences or ridge and furrowed surface
Large amounts of grassland in the main soaring areas of England are grown to be harvested and fed to animals in the form of silage or hay. These fields are usually smoother but beware that in wet seasons wheel marks made by harvesting machinery could be deep enough to damage undercarriages. The wheel marks will tend to be worst near to the entry/exit point of the field.
If you can see any unusual marks in the surface land elsewhere.

LATEST IMAGE
Early August

1000-1500ft	Surface

Grass crops can be found at all growth stages so use the history section the check out the different appearances at each growth stage.

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Mid July

1000-1500ft	Surface

Grass crops can be found at all growth stages so use the history section the check out the different appearances at each growth stage.

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Late June

1000-1500ft	Surface

Cut silage fields widely available now and are very short at present
Some grass fields are not yet cut and will appear lush dark green colour with no tramlines and will be very tall at up to 50cm.
The grass field is a small rectangular field in the lower left of the airborne image. It also has silage bales scattered around in the field which are not clear in this small image.

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Mid June

1000-1500ft	Surface

Cut silage fields widely available now and are very short at present
Some grass fields are not yet cut and will appear lush dark green colour with no tramlines and will be very tall at up to 50cm.
The field in the aerial shot is part cut to illustrate the colour change between short and tall grass..

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Late May

1000-1500ft	Surface

Cut silage fields widely available now and are very short at present
Some grass fields are not yet cut and will appear lush dark green colour with no tramlines
The field in the aerial shot is part cut to illustrate the colour change between short and tall grass..

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Mid May

1000-1500ft	Surface

Cut silage fields widely available now and are very short at present
Some grass fields are not yet cut and will appear lush dark green colour with no tramlines - BEWARE these fields will be too tall for landing.

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Early May

1000-1500ft	Surface

Still short enough to land in at around 20cm high.
Crops for silage now becoming very lush and maybe slightly taller.
Silage making should be underway by now but the extremely cold wet spring has delayed operations and I expect cutting to start in around 2 weeks in the Midlands.

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Late April

1000-1500ft	Surface

Still short enough to land in at around 20cm high.
Crops for silage now becoming very lush and maybe slightly taller

Mid April

1000-1500ft	Surface

Still short enough to land in at around 15cm high.
Crops for silage now becoming very lush and maybe slightly taller

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Early April

1000-1500ft	Surface

Still short enough to land in at around 10cm high
Beware obstructions in grazed fields (fence in stocked field).

OTHER ARCHIVE IMAGES
(Sorted by crop type and most recent image at the top of each page)

GRASS

BEANS

PEAS

NEWS

E MAIL

Caution
Please bear in mind that all the images for this site will be taken in the East Midlands so allowances will have to
be made if your area is a significant distance to the North or South. (Typically crops run 7-10 days earlier on the
South Coast of England and approx. 7-14 days later in the Scottish Borders).