Corn Stooks near Bottlesford
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Corn Stooks near Bottlesford
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 3 Aug 2009
The crop is a wheat and rye hybrid called Triticale, it is being grown for thatching. In the United Kingdom, the demand for high quality cereal straw for thatching exceeds supply, Triticale is an ideal complementary crop for thatching particularly as many wheat varieties suitable for thatching will become less available in the future. Here the sheaves are stacked together to form stooks, this allows both the sun and wind to get to the stalks to dry them.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.328732
Longitude
-1.842074