warksfarmer
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80ha and straw baled off for alternate use. Then compost to spread. The linseed was established by a light carrier pass (3-4 inches) to mix a cover crop and compost in. Then we weaving drilled it. The heavier soil has cracked good and proper but it's wet underneath. The lighter soil has not cracked. It's all clean and weed free but generally very uneven due to traffic from fym spreaders over the last 5 years and potatoes on the lighter soil. It's not been deep moved for 4 years. It's going into wheat having been in spring cropping for 4 years. Opinions? as we are changing our minds daily about what to do.
The headlands haven't yielded very well at all due to compaction and it's clear as day and to the line where field piles of organic matter were tipped for spreading.
The headlands amount to 20ha so very significant. The previous cover crops of various mixes have not cultivated the soils in our view - tillage raddish, vetch, barley, mustard, black oats, where the high traffic has occurred from straw removal and spreader application. We can see where the spreaders run every 18m very clearly.
The headlands haven't yielded very well at all due to compaction and it's clear as day and to the line where field piles of organic matter were tipped for spreading.
The headlands amount to 20ha so very significant. The previous cover crops of various mixes have not cultivated the soils in our view - tillage raddish, vetch, barley, mustard, black oats, where the high traffic has occurred from straw removal and spreader application. We can see where the spreaders run every 18m very clearly.
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