Farmer Focus: A peek at my harvest diary from 1987.

What a summer; at the time of writing (4 September) we still have 100ha of beans to harvest. High yields, laid crops and desperately frustrating weather have literally left us with a stop-start campaign, then when we do get going machinery issues have halted progress with a frustrating regularity. However, my machinery notes read that our Case International 1255 and MB-Trac 1000 had completed harvest, cultivations and the drilling campaigns with only servicing required, no breakdowns at all. [Extracted from the article]