seedman stains
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- lost in france
Brainwashed by Boris and his mates,show no repect to anyone and wonder why everyone carries a knife
Is It Time To Ban Maize
- Thread starter Lazy Sod
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- somerset
combination drilled 9 acres, to 'see' how that worked. Cobs were slightly smaller, but otherwise fine, only trouble, lost a calf in it, absolutely no idea of direction went you went in, no drill lines, son had to ring me, to get a direction to go.
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- somerset
fellow farmers will have stopped us growing maize, by growing it where they shouldn't, and creating a hell of a mess.
That's not how the OP read to me. Just another debate with a title that attracted attention IMO. Of course no tillers without livestock in dry regions are going to wade into the debate - everyone else can too.
Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
I think this would be difficult to achieve in many years. without consistent summer rain I think the maize would outcompete the grass for any moisture combined with crop cover , would leave a very poor stand. However would be very pleased to be proved wrong
The 5 Year Parliamentary cycle is all "they" really care about I suspect...
Lazy Sod
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- Warminster Wiltshire
I did not say that maize should be banned. I just started a discussion. It's quite obvious that better protection of our soils is required and new rules are coming.
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- Ceredigion
When you plant a seed it starts too grow
A lot of farmers seem too have a downer on Maize . Only a small portion goes too digesters, the bulk going too feed dairy cows
Maize was all harvested long ago . Plenty of root crops . Beet Carrots still being harvested, but lets not plant any more seeds too discus
i think it speaks volumes that farmers start such a conversation and find it quite positive that solutions are being discussed
beats the more usual industry attitudes of pretending everything is absolutely fine ......... it’s clearly not
lets be proactive for once rather than sitting about just waiting for a ban ! discussion like this is a great first step surely ?
beats the more usual industry attitudes of pretending everything is absolutely fine ......... it’s clearly not
lets be proactive for once rather than sitting about just waiting for a ban ! discussion like this is a great first step surely ?
plenty of half harvested maize fields around here, many resemble the Somme in 1914 !
I agree. The thread isn't 24 hours old yet and it's at 6 pages already. Sure, it's going to upset a few people as it develops but we do need to think about this.
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- Ceredigion
Bit like the Fields of Brussels near Peterborough then
Have strip tilled it here for a few years now. Bit more hit and miss on heavier land but works fine on loamy sandy stuff.
Just the standard Mzuri set up, no singulation. Obviously there might be a yield penalty for seed bunching but we never worried about it.
No they dont, at all not one bit.
and dont use that line in your ' leadership ' speeches .
Its disrespectful and a non comparison.
ollie989898
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I dunno, in North America no-till corn is a bit of a touchy subject. Some people get it to work well, others consider it an expletive.
ollie989898
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I don't like people early sowing, to my mind it invites too much risk. I've seen maize fail and it gets expensive fast... It always comes ready the same as fields drilled a bit later.
shakerator
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- LINCS
A lot of the sentiment on this thread I think is resentment of the fact AD plant farmers are subbed twice .
I've spent a fair bit of time there, not sure I've ever seen a corn crop the wasn't no till !