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Good point. Interesting. So it looks likely they will either tighten up the rules on what the ‘no-till’ will pay out on or as you say limit uptake as per the ahl2 🤷‍♂️

Surely the budget they’ve reigned back in from paying out nearly £1000/ha for ahl2 plus no insecticide plus management fees across whole farms will pay for a few hectares at £78???

I’ve had nothing!

Panorama photo 👍

This is painfully slow! 1ha per hour….but considering the year and how heavy this field is we are doing reasonably ok.

I’d be nervous then…can you fit some? 981 coulter isn’t the best at cutting in as I’m sure you know

They’re very fair-if they get stuff cheap at a sale it tends to be cheap to buy. If they’ve had to pay a lot for it then it gets reflected in the price.

I’ve had my best crops and worst crop drilled at the end of April. Drilling date largely irrelevant in my opinion; all about whatever weather the spring gives us from emergence until flowering

Yeah I know what you mean; I’ve learnt to take a photo in his yard, send to Stuart and he will reply with a price. They have to look up the price paid so hard to get an instant answer.

Nope; agreement will start 1st may if you apply today with quarterly payments; will mean it can’t come out until end of April in 1/2/3 years though so you will be up against a similar predicament 🤷‍♂️

He’s a good old boy is Les. And Stuart. There are quite often some hidden gems in his yard…once you get your eye in to find them! Very genuine people indeed who always stand by any issues you have.

Les is still very much still buying stuff on the internet etc but struggles to get around as much to sales. Stuart is there though carrying on as normal.

Ring Les Carter near Spalding. He will have a yard full

And that’s where the cost starts. We did a single roller on our 35 this year; bearing in mind there are 12? of them….bits came to nearly £1000 (bearings, seals, hub but not the actual roller itself. Whole thing only worth 20k if that.

Just getting set out today. Little tractor was squashing the rowcrops too much. Can’t decide if it’s a crazy idea…seems a bit excessive but it’s so dry out there (on top) that any moisture we can conserve has to be worth it