Of bothering to plough it down…..not sure how that could be missed. I have no problem if that’s the way you want to do it. I’m just happy to do it quicker, more naturally & cheaper….I’m probably just a tight arse.
What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed
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glasshouse
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Depends what you want to do on the field and when
Muckspreaders make a lot of ruts and compaction which need removed, ploughing is the best way to sort that
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- East yorks
I have blocked it all, in most of it there wasn’t any wheat plants left, blocked in about 40% of what I drilled with wheat with spring barley, 10% will be going in a 6 month grass. The other 20-30% can stop as I cannot be arsed and 10% of that is just an impermeable clay porridge that probably won’t dry till we get some decent drying days. I might look at it in July.
glasshouse
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Cheapest not always best
Centurirs of ploughing down muck and marle , lime and soot have made our soils what they are
credit goes to lindsey and her team st tapping houseAnd that is an excellent use of water at 10p a cubic metre or less.. well donemakes wheat at 174 per tonne look like a jokers game
stock the bar well
farm rents them 30 acre ish . as belmont grow 150 acre or there abouts
we donated 6 acre field and grasses down for car park
lots of local company’s help out . hire co supply’s all fencing free of charge in return for a few advertising banners on fence , local car garage donates hefty too . and one indian lAdy who came to first one we all did .
got chatting to her first year , her and her daughters run a hospitality business for some of the high end celebs . has a weekend pad in sloane square . their donation and the coach load who come with her is staggering
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- Lincolnshire
How many gong through poor wheat crops now wondering if the local ad plant wants any silage?