Failed wheat

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Morph

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 27, 2015

• #1

I have a 6 acre field of ww which is barely half a crop in terms of field cover with big bare patches making the other half.
DD'd last year late into spring barley stubble but planted way too deep , hands up to this but what is the way forward grin and bear it or can I stick some SB in now or will the good areas of the field sprayed off cause problems for the barley?
Thanks M
Edit Perhaps should of but this in agronomy section could a mod move please.

 

R

RBM

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Arable Farmer

• Apr 27, 2015

• #2

Out of interest was the spring barley straw chopped or baled?

 

T

tw15

Member

Location

DORSET

• Apr 27, 2015

• #3

I recon i would just stitch in some s wheat in the bad bits if that is possible . Then come harvest time cut the good bits of ww if you can and just leave the rest until the sw is fit or cut the lot as one latter . Or if you have a local dairy farmer wanting wholecrop that might be a option.

 

PSQ

Member

Arable Farmer

• Apr 27, 2015

• #4

1st loss is the best. If it was mine I'd physically put a mark across the field between 'OK' and 'crap' wheat, and stop all further inputs on the crap stuff, maybe a very low cost T1 / T2 on anything half way salvageable, but certainly wouldn't be going beyond the cost of what it might return.
If you'd posted this a month ago with a picture things could have perhaps been very different, with a hefty dose of CCC early doors or a slow roll to help tillering, but the die is cast...

 

Clive

Staff Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lichfield

• Apr 27, 2015

• #5

if its really that bad I would drill a good summer cover crop into it to drill into next autumn

next years wheat will be the best you have had for years and to some extent make up for this years loss

see it as an opportunity and not a problem

 

M

Morph

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 27, 2015

• #6

spring barley last year was whole cropped, the field is rectangle shaped and the bare patches make it challenging to target inputs even on 12m setting but could be done. the plan post harvest this year was to follow with turnips/rape/kale mix for wooly things to eat late winter(that bit worked well this winter) then SB again. Being just a small producer wheat is a pain to sell non assured as I have lamented before. I am most definitely a novice at this enjoying learning but small failures are proportionately big.

 

Old Spot

Member

Location

Glos

• Apr 27, 2015

• #7

I have the same on one field after grass. I have gone over the bad bits with spring wheat about two weeks ago. All up looks better now, God only knows what it will be like to harvest. I will let you know.

 

M

Morph

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 27, 2015

• #8

Thanks for the comments everyone decided to do as PSQ has suggested Clives suggestion still nagging at me but as this is a side line need to move on. Just wish our ground didn't go from bog to concrete in 2 weeks and deadlines always come during spells of nice weather.

 

nick channer

Member

Location

buckinghamshire (south)

• Apr 27, 2015

• #9

Non assured sellin has never been problem for us
Frontiers can always shift it if not I have plenty outlets for it at top money!!

 

richard hammond

Member

BASIS

Location

Spilsby Lincolnshire

• Apr 27, 2015

• #10

Morph said:

I have a 6 acre field of ww which is barely half a crop in terms of field cover with big bare patches making the other half.
DD'd last year late into spring barley stubble but planted way too deep , hands up to this but what is the way forward grin and bear it or can I stick some SB in now or will the good areas of the field sprayed off cause problems for the barley?
Thanks M
Edit Perhaps should of but this in agronomy section could a mod move please.

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Just remember a bad crop breeds the next years bad crop if you are not careful, ie weeds wet areas, etc.

 

Niels

Member

Location

Netherlands/Suffolk

• Apr 30, 2015

• #11

Another WW failure question. Have some people that think they have glyphosate damage in winter wheat. Field(s) in question were winter wheat stubble, sprayed off and direct drilled with a Claydon a week later. Wheat came up and started looking very yellow. Has grown through now though. Could this be Roundup damage or is it something else? It's evenly spread over the field.

Sadly no pictures or seen it with my own eyes. You only hear of it after it happened of course..