Got much drilling to do?
- Thread starter Green oak
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- Location
- East Essexshire
I imagine you have to harvest them before the feathers are fully developed and they fly off.
Last field of fodder beet going in now, i've just come in for dinner from drilling, got another 20 acre of Barley under sown with grass to drill this afternoon. Then about 4 acre of barley to put in behind some fodder beet that was only lifted a couple of weeks ago, bit of tough going. Can't see it making much. Then onto the maize in a couple of weeks
Beans in, most of barley here done by tonight, bit of spring barley and wheat for someone else tomorrow, oats monday. Beet drilling tomorrow. 3 loads of spuds and 2 loads of pigs out Tuesday, sprayer and spreader both busy. Thrang!
A Trebor
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- Location
- Isle of Axholme
Finally finished today 5 weeks from start to finish.
- Location
- East Essexshire
Well that was messier than I expected!
Just broadcast and TripleK'd some peas in, with a 90hp tractor on big tyres, and still nearly got set in a couple of places!
I'd only left 10 acres as a trial. I drilled the rest of the peas in February, but was told that was far too early, so I left a strip for when the soil warmed up to prove I wouldn't gain anything. Well, the ground's certainly wetter than Feb, and I can't see it's any warmer either.
Plus apart from where they've stood in water, the Feb peas are looking great. It's nice to prove my point, but annoying today too!
Just broadcast and TripleK'd some peas in, with a 90hp tractor on big tyres, and still nearly got set in a couple of places!
I'd only left 10 acres as a trial. I drilled the rest of the peas in February, but was told that was far too early, so I left a strip for when the soil warmed up to prove I wouldn't gain anything. Well, the ground's certainly wetter than Feb, and I can't see it's any warmer either.
Plus apart from where they've stood in water, the Feb peas are looking great. It's nice to prove my point, but annoying today too!
Big-Al
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- Location
- Rugby Warwickshire
Down to my last 170 acres of spring barley, so the end is near, its definitely been emotional spring.
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
How have you got on with the drill? Have you had to do anything after it to close the slots? What are your thoughts at this stage?
- Location
- Durham, UK
All sown up tonight nipped out for tea and a few beers with the missus. To celebrate. I reakon its the first time in about 15 years that every inch of our arable land has had a crop in. (Dunno if thats a good thing)
wasted years
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- Location
- Cumbrian born and bread
Just started to work land up tonight, no more than dry enough, certainly not over done with heat.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
why have you put extra in on a year live this? or have you sold livestock so ploughed up the grass?
- Location
- Durham, UK
Iv been in different schemes over the years and come out of them. There was some land that needed cropping as it was deteriorating being just left. Some has been taken out of arable in the back end and put into grass to make up for this but it just means everything has a 'crop' in rather than stubble. Im trying to maximise the plainer bits on the farm i.e. round bale hay for the horse market (good need for that in our area) this has meant iv cropped areas that in previous years wouldnt have had a crop.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
your prob aswell to plant as much of your farm as possible even poorer yielding fields just to spread your fixed costs
- Location
- East Essexshire
I am the driest farm in the UK!!
@Guy Smith only claims it as he has some kind of record keeping to prove it. He gets a lot more summer storms than we do this side of the estuary!
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