Recent content by Against_the_grain

Grain Maize gives us as good a margin as a 1st wheat. Growing over 1000t/year now and can only see this increasing

Thats scandalous! Wheres the NFU BFU?

All this effort AND STILL no scientific evidence that no-till is better for the environment....

Bit early I would of thought. Wasn't planning on sowing mine for a other 4 weeks at least

Its so obvious isn't it to anyone with any basic countryside knowledge. There are a few 'hedges' on our farm which were neglected for an extended period (10+years) and they are basically small trees with very little cover or food for any wildlife compared to the well managed regularly trimmed...

What thats mad. The only appeal of no-till is the ability to use it when it fits the rotation without comprising yield.

Its insane how wound up Keiths and Karens get about hedge cutting. Anyone would think you were carpet bombing the village with napalm. FFS the countryside needs management not some old dear calling the police because the farmer is out keeping things tidy.

Interesting. So are you intending on not having crop headlands and just turn on these num 3 areas?

^^^^^This is the problem as I see it. We are (as usual) doing all the donkey work to help the supermarkets achieve their aims...all at our cost

On heavy land you are joking

I just think this thread needed some balance. Last year our DD crops were good, this year in a wet year on heavy land its a disaster. The water just cant get away quick enough. Im beginning to think its just too un-reliable in our climate on heavy soils. Will probably spring tine it and put...

1st ww after linseed. 100Ha of dd has all completely failed here this year.

This is a great question. I think you are correct in assuming that data has a value. IMO i think it needs charging for, especially if as mentioned before its for a commercial customer. They would certainly charge you if it was the other way round. More and more this data is going to be used as a...

Yep if rent is less than £614/Ha (£250/acre) put it into AHL1. The SFI has completely f**ked the FBT game