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- Lincs / Cambs border
That 8730 on the power harrow does look nice ........... oh bugger got to go to confession on Sunday now .
Thought you were Deere man?
What are tractors 4 and 5 attached too? As I can't see a fert spinner or sprayer behind either I assume you must be going with a single Cambridge roller over it, twice... or are they spares because, well they are MF's....I've got some help in!!!View attachment 862934
The saying “If things are going well beware they are about to go bad” springs to mind”!!!We were getting on well at the weekend and thought that with wide wheels dualed up we had the job sorted ..........
And then wallop we found a soft bit . Not that wet below the ploughing though .View attachment 862920
What are tractors 4 and 5 attached too? As I can't see a fert spinner or sprayer behind either I assume you must be going with a single Cambridge roller over it, twice... or are they spares because, well they are MF's....
Thought you were Deere man?
Its how its done not when. Throw away the calendar and wait for good conditions .In 2013 early drilled brash forced in did worse than late April planted heavy land
60 acres of November drilled Skyfall written off here in North Lincs in the last week. Had a January & February application of fertiliser but its get up & go just got up & went.Pouring down again this evening so that’s everything put back a bit further and a bit more of the Jan drilled wheat killed. 2020 from a crops point of view looks like it cannot be consigned to the history books fast enough
I redrilled half my wheat in spring 2013 as it had no get up and go in March and early April60 acres of November drilled Skyfall written off here in North Lincs in the last week. Had a January & February application of fertiliser but its get up & go just got up & went.
I redrilled half my wheat in spring 2013 as it had no get up and go in March and early April
I only had 4 entirely wheat fields a lot spring barley and wheat the spring barley margined as much as the wheat and helped reduce the black grass
Indeed so.you can not farm one year at a time!
It was always a bit of a risk trying to get a block of wheat together on some stronger bits that would have needed it to dry up after drilling, but it wasn't to be.I redrilled half my wheat in spring 2013 as it had no get up and go in March and early April
I only had 4 entirely wheat fields a lot spring barley and wheat the spring barley margined as much as the wheat and helped reduce the black grass
The cost of a cover crop is similar to planting a spring cropIf blackgrass is a big issue for a farmer surely the best you can make of such a year as this is fallow / cover crop/fertility build ............ maybe graze and sort it out big time ??
Ok it's going to hurt financially this year but you can not farm one year at a time!