Hi tech harvest for local spuds

Lincolnshire farmers are wrapping up the  potato harvest and, last week, Nick Boles joined the Levertons, who farm in the fens near Dyke, as father and son managed the harvest of a good crop from a field in Witham on the Hill.  "The technology is highly sophisticated," said Nick, "with a screen in the tractor cab showing a real-time video of the spuds passing through the harvester and being gently shaken free of earth. It is a delicate job.  With the ground so dry, there is a big risk of damaging the crop.  I am always keen to lend a hand but somehow I don't think that the Levertons will be offering me a job next harvest time!"

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