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what do you use to record rainfall? you surely didnt measure all that by hand?
Davis weather station with a link to the computer
what do you use to record rainfall? you surely didnt measure all that by hand?
If that's the best you can show as a wet spot it just shows how little rain you've had compared with most of us & also how free draining your soil isSorry @lloyd butvi kind of disagree. There are heaps of previous posts here where people have said they’re going to hold off for BG chitting. There were indeed days where people could have drilled in early October too, and they chose not to.
I’m not criticising anyone, I’m just saying that the last there autumns certainly instilled a sense of confidence that all will be ok by waiting. Sadly, the dry spell never came. But, and I stand by this, if time could be rewound back to the end of September, there would be at least 50% more cereals in the ground than there are today of people realised what had been coming.
Everyone keeps referring to how easy and free draining the soil is here. It’s not. The last proper wet spell in 2000 we couldn’t drill anything until January, like everyone else. Many farmers in these parts are only 20% drilled up
it’s the fact nothing has been cultivated for years as to why it’s all gone ok this year. I’m amazed people aren’t realising that their soils can’t continually be thrashed to bits with 1990’s tracked and weighty technology and still offer them structure and flexibility
I can assure you that my non cropped areas are very wet indeed, as seen here today.
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If that's the best you can show as a wet spot it just shows how little rain you've had compared with most of us & also how free draining your soil is
We've sown 30%, most neighbours have sown nothing
that will be worse, all the expense and still no crop.Will be a lot of September drilled wheat in autumn 2020.
I wish. We'll still be harvesting in September all the spring crops we're gonna have to plantWill be a lot of September drilled wheat in autumn 2020.
I wish. We'll still be harvesting in September all the spring crops we're gonna have to plant
Unsure. Expect I'll make plenty of £££ from grass.
Why not broadcast it?Some of us have invested in the drilling rigs and still got none in
Some of us have invested in the drilling rigs and still got none in
Very rough numbers:Sh
Show me a spread sheet that makes money out of grass. Can be done but with land values very hard unless dairy is involved
Very rough numbers:
3 young stores/ac
200kg lwg each
£1.20 per kg lw
Gross output £720, or 4t wheat @ £180
Inputs:
Establishment 1 year in 5
Similar rates of N
Less/no P or K
1 herbicide pass in new seeds, no other chems
No harvest/drying costs
No break-even break crops
Just the small matters of capital, stock selection & and putting in a bit of graft.
In my experience, heavy land in the east is ideal for the green stuff as it holds on during the summer and normally doesn't get washed out as soon as the west.
And fencing and water. No costs with preserving the grass? Mind they can’t be worse than combining wheat.....Very rough numbers:
3 young stores/ac
200kg lwg each
£1.20 per kg lw
Gross output £720, or 4t wheat @ £180
Inputs:
Establishment 1 year in 5
Similar rates of N
Less/no P or K
1 herbicide pass in new seeds, no other chems
No harvest/drying costs
No break-even break crops
Just the small matters of capital, stock selection & and putting in a bit of graft.
In my experience, heavy land in the east is ideal for the green stuff as it holds on during the summer and normally doesn't get washed out as soon as the west.
Cost of stock to get the output??( equal to seed and establishment)And fencing and water. No costs with preserving the grass? Mind they can’t be worse than combining wheat.....
And of course the cost of concentrates feed in winter;Very rough numbers:
3 young stores/ac
200kg lwg each
£1.20 per kg lw
Gross output £720, or 4t wheat @ £180
Inputs:
Establishment 1 year in 5
Similar rates of N
Less/no P or K
1 herbicide pass in new seeds, no other chems
No harvest/drying costs
No break-even break crops
Just the small matters of capital, stock selection & and putting in a bit of graft.
In my experience, heavy land in the east is ideal for the green stuff as it holds on during the summer and normally doesn't get washed out as soon as the west.
3 130/140kg native dairy cross would cost £1100plusCost of stock to get the output??( equal to seed and establishment)
3 130/140kg native dairy cross would cost £1100plus