It’s evident this year that maize has become the main crop in the agricultural land surrounding South Abingdon. Fields bordering Masefield Crescent

and those near Overmead and Virginia Way are cultivating this tall plant.

Known for its efficiency in transforming sunlight into biomass, maize serves as a source of animal feed. And with the growing emphasis on renewable energy, it is used in the production of biogas through anaerobic digestion, as highlighted by Countryfile.

The road to Abingdon Lock and nearby buildings and farmland reopened yesterday after a few weeks when the road was resurfaced.

The road is now available to tractors and other vehicles used to harvest wheat in the adjacent field where work began today.

The combine harvester cuts down the crop, separates the grain from the stalks and every so often shoots the grain into an adjacent tractor-trailer.