Last years poor conditions lead to a lot of wheat crops being planted in sub-optimal conditions to say the least, some however were drilled in what was considered at the time as not to be too bad a condition. 
However, few could guess that this winter would deliver the cold conditions that lead to some considerable frost heave in certain soils and fields. What is interesting to note is that it would appear that crops planted with one-pass power harrow drill combination machines faired worst when planted mid October, especially on the lighter soils around Launceston. The photo's illustrate what resulted after the snows melted in January.
Not a lot of leaf, or plant material to see here! Photo's taken 3rd March 2009.
What is interesting in this photo is that there is a destinct cut off line where the strong northerly winds scoured the side of the hill, everything below the tree line was not badly affected, above, severely. This line went across this field and several others either side of this particular field of 120 acres.
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