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Recent content by Minesapint

  1. M

    Your current weather.

    20mm in as many minutes. Thought we were going to miss it☹️
  2. M

    Your current weather.

    28mm in the guage from yesterday. Drying up quickly in the wind. Should aid cultivations
  3. M

    Your current weather.

    Blowing a hooley. Not a good day for fibrophos delivery….it is spreading itself🤦‍♂️
  4. M

    Lots of hares this year

    Still tried here as well
  5. M

    Ouch.....then bugger!

    That was clucky👍
  6. M

    Ouch.....then bugger!

    Was the chicken injured🫣
  7. M

    OSR crop loss claims for shoots.

    I think a lot of the problem is there is often not enough water available to poults, and OSR is a target for the moisture content as much as food.
  8. M

    Crop judging

    The best cake normally sways it👍 Go for it, it can be good fun. I score 0-10 for various criteria for each crop, and tally up at the end.
  9. M

    Your current weather.

    Well……only 7mm here the last few days. Sorry for those that have had a dose….but we could do with a drop🫣
  10. M

    tool for getting Black grass to chit

    I tried it for a couple of years. Biggest problem for me, was that it really needs early N to get the best out of it, and I can rarely travel on this ground early enough. Seed expensive, didn’t out yield conventional, and just as much BG. This year I have got 50acres of Triticale on some poor...
  11. M

    Maize 24

    Slugs having a right go here. Cracking seedbed, but they are nipping it off as it emerges. We don’t usually have slugs….first pellets used for 14 years☹️
  12. M

    Pesticide drift - residents

    Have several fields with houses. I go out of my way not to cause upset, but one chap used to be on the phone every time I was in the field. He insisted I gave him prior warning…..so I phoned him at 4 one morning to tell him I would be putting some liquid fert on before it got too hot. He...
  13. M

    Your current weather.

    37mm near Witney, 12 of which was overnight. Sun out now.
  14. M

    Tardis winter barley

    Did you have a late frost?
  15. M

    Bspb (seed police)

    I never pay royalties to the processor, as it can go back on the heap if not used (don’t usually use a dressing). If seed rates are high, it’s cheaper to pay /area rather than /tonne.
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