Gerald Potterton farms tillage and some beef at Kildalkey, Co Meath. \ Jack Caffrey
At least the Arctic spring seems to be over. Yes, it was great for planting, but it’s been a prolonged cold period with very little growth.
As for what harm it has done, it’s difficult to say.
Of the tillage crops, the winter oilseed rape may have been most affected but as ever with rape we’ll only know when it’s harvested.
The frost might have been the least of our oilseed rape’s problem. We lost one field altogether and it was replanted with wheat which looks good but the rape is the worst I’ve had.