 So what we intend to do is the dry season and we have to play the weather if it stays quite dry, like the sweat season so far has been, and we can do dry land preparation in time by mid-late December, then we might go for a drill dry seeded rice and just drilling it straight into the dry soil. If by then things have become quite wet and we can't really do dry crop establishment, then we may hop for machine planting into the wet soil. We're back, it's been about a couple of weeks since we were last out here discussing land preparation for this crop. Yes and land preparation has occurred, it's been a wet preparation technique but the crucial observation can be seen if you look down here. Yeah I'm amazed you know last year at this point in time we were sinking into our knees. So this time I can actually walk in here without a big problem. So what have we done differently this time Lee? What have we done differently? It's only been light equipment that's been in here, so two wheel tractors and a power tiller and it has successfully really established a hard pan. So I must admit if we reflect back to last year's experiences we probably could drum set if we could. But do we want to do it or do we want to this time try a label saving the safe option like mechanized transplanting as a more futuristic type of crop establishment? I suspect so, we're a year older and a year wiser and probably a year more than 70. Transplanting is well proven to provide a yield potential. What variety are we going to do? I've forgotten the numbers right now but what I think what we've agreed upon will in fact split the field in half. One of our most recent inbred varieties will sow half the field and one of our most promising hybrids here in the Philippines will sow the other half of the field. So we've done a wet preparation here so we've nicely incorporated the residue into a decent mud soup. So what else do we need to do to get the skills ready for planting? I think that's again where we can reflect on last year's experience. Last year we use laser levelling with a large tractor. I think the fact that we're just up to our ankles in mud this time instead of our knees suggests we don't want the large tractor and I am impressed by what small two-wheel tractor can achieve with a wide board behind it going around the field a few times. So I'm suggesting we just do one last I think you'd call it smoothing more than levelling but just with the traditional plank I don't think there's much more. Yeah so I guess what we've got to do is before a few days before the planting schedule just add a bit more water go with that tractor at a board to level it and then we should be able to plant straight into that. Sounds entirely simple really doesn't it? Right. Come back in two weeks.