Drilling anyone?

solo

Member
Location
worcestershire
Ploughed last 20 acres to get drier soil. Wet spot walked well so started drilling. Wet spot drained under ploughing 25 yards downhill. Drill found it.
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After a tow rest of field went well but there's a wet hole to sort after harvest.
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Drilling finished today with 50acres wheat direct Into chopped wheat straw.
 

Phil P

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Few pics from today, chasing the plough again
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Even had me co pilot to keep us on track, we managed to get though- Scooby-Doo 2, SpungeBob the movie, Mega Mind, Gnome Alone and some crazy Mine-Craft film (wasn’t my choice ?) not a bad days work ?. Can’t beat Netflix for a bit of light entertainment while drilling?
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Little fella stuck it out to the end, should sleep well tonight ?
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Finished barley today so all done.pretty wet in places and close to getting stuck a few times.easier working soil but very wet and 9 inches of topsoil then straight onto brick clay.left a few places and headlands which I’ll pull a cultivator through and then leave it.
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Hell nick , your optimistic there, what will it look like after weekend ,
 

kevindb880

Member
Location
Herts
Should finish a 47 acre field + another 16 today, of barley, still got over 80 acres of barley to drill but not drilling any more after today will leave it to spring!
That leaves 130 acres of wheat to do, we have up until January so fingers crossed we may get a bit more in.
Have been drilling on and off since the last week of September and we have drilled a total of around 220acres that’s less than 60acres a week which is what we can normally do in a day!
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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