Ruston3w
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- Location
- south suffolk
After 3 years i gave up trying to make the rules work to produce a crop, rather just provide for the scheme as cheaply as i could, so have left the block on one spot as continuous spring barley/triticale with no intention of harvest.
Since the arrival of a Simtech drill the condition of the soil together with establishment costs have improved dramatically. In the past we always ploughed rye/spring barley straw in, then likely had to power harrow as rolls bulldozed on the soft dry bits and heavy one end needed a bit of help.
Now i am tempted to try and earn some money of it, I drilled Barley today and it was apleasure to do, no soft banks drilled to deep, heavy all covered up fine.
What should i try? crop it every other year? We already lost several similar fields to PP with successive schemes and that grass is almost valueless as grazing (well hereabouts anyway)