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If drilled early the half and half (before April ) if drilled later then all in seed bed back in the day 50 yers ago combine drilled

Early 1992 land bought for 1600 in 1982 was sold for 1100 in 1992 some land on the market in the early 1990s had no takers at 1000 an acre late 1990s land had more than doubled

The individual nozzle sprayers are much higher cost and reliability a sprayer and operator having to work hard 7 days a week can also cast a lot more Wet windy season having only one 1 machine can compromise timeing half a jet overlap and cutting a foot more straw is a big output killer on...

Recommended to use 50 kg in stewardship if there is a problem and the bird mix does not establish well enough you could be at risk of not meeting the aims of the plot

In day degree terms 2 weeks cold 6c compare with 1 week warm 12 c early drilled crops normally deliver more yield but need more herbicide and fungicide later drilled benefit from higher seed rates

Liquid scorch can be a big issue especially on small delicate crops especially in windy conditions overlaps are 200% which even 4 inches causes lodged crop a 10.5 m combine that has to take an extra foot of straw for a 6 inch laid strip costs a lot of output or higher straw losses the extra...

Some areas may be low on ph depending on sampling system do spot ph as if it is under 6 this could be a nutrient availability issue is soil type consistent and even where and what soil

Cold soil so crops not progressing very quickly so a week later is not as detrimental as in a year when soils are 6 c warmer

still not stopped 24 mm to 30 mm here

once herds of fallow get large 50 plus up to several hundred they take a lot of effort to bring the number down 100 plus eyes watching most herds are majority femails because of culling males is easier with female groups a 50% cull every year only keeps numbers level round here there are...

i went from liquid to urea solid in 2014 my liquid tanks needed replacing the first year the an amazone zats spreader cost the saving over liquid paid for the spreader the reduced wear on the sprayer and the ability to spray and fert at the same time is also a big gain the accuracy of a...

why plough the grass up just spray off and notill

agree totally all the trials done on notill i have seen are not long enough the trial system has a flaw in that drilling is done on the same day notill should be earlier in the autumn and later in the spring compared to cultivated should be the whole system and rotation that is compared

if you do not know then its not notill and do not claim sfi notill

if it is capital gain you can buy land and role over any gain to reduce tax if it income then you can use a pension to reduce tax