- Location
- Lincolnshire
Would have to spin it on into a growing crop of wheat. And dont have any FSS to do that.
23 osr harvestable area
- Thread starter benny6910
- Start date
it’s just luck of the year imo -early drilling improves chances ……… if you get rain and will come unstuck one year with snow at flowering i’m sure
wouldn’t bother drilling after august 10th anymore
- Location
- northumberland
520ac, hopefully 100% will get harvested
- Location
- Berkshire
I’d say the worst situation is to have it emerging just as the CSFB migrate around the Bank Holiday
Luck is as a big a factor as anything else, a few miles south of here caught 45mm on August 17th which made all the difference, we had 0.5 that day
I’d say DD helps, but my best crop is the one field I cultivated
I’d say Hybrids face off pests better once they are established but I’ve lost more hybrids at establishment than conventional
I’d say sludge/chicken muck helps but it’s not failsafe, I’ve lost crops after OM or AN or DAP and if growing conditions are good there’s no difference, spreading muck can be a barrier to getting the crop in the ground and missing windows to get it away
Earlier drilling is preferred but was impossible in the dry last summer
So, a total lottery
one which I was happier to take when it was worth £600/t, less so when it’s in the £300’sI’ll still grow it for ‘24 but it’s definitely on a last chance probation this year
I have given up on conventional, the higher seed rate doesn’t compensate for the vigorous growing like hybrids. I’ve always sown around the bank holiday but this year it was too dry so held off till it looked like rain was forecast so started on the 8th September. The rain didn’t help enough on the heavy land and this has failed. Neighbour planted the next door field in august and he gave up with his in September. I think the beetle don’t like/ travel about as much when it rains after sowing but then the moisture will help the plant grow as fast as possible. I will try again this year but only if there is moisture around bank holiday weekend.
- Location
- Herefordshire
Approx 60 % to harvest here.A combination of CSFB and a torrential storm after drilling ,which capped the soil, being the reason.
- Location
- Thames Valley
Written off around 40% since Christmas. Grown it for 40 years and reasonable until about four years ago. Record breaking yield and price last year but wont be growing it again. Gross margin is no good in current climate and this game is all about risk management now. There are more secure options that turn in a similar or better margin once you weigh in a probability of failure factor on rape yield.
- Location
- North Kent, UK
Lost about 5% at emergence, another 10% hasn’t tillered during the wet spring and now has grass weeds under it.
Didn’t bother for this harvest because it was too dry. Can’t get excited about it so not planning on growing any going foward.
Have signed up to grow a decent area of triticale for AD. Won’t make me rich but should atleast be consistent. Will plant a leguminous summer cover crop then put wheat in October.
Have signed up to grow a decent area of triticale for AD. Won’t make me rich but should atleast be consistent. Will plant a leguminous summer cover crop then put wheat in October.
Jo28
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- Location
- East Yorks
Lost around 40 out of 120 acres. Looked great until spring and then went sh!t.
- Location
- Essex
Me too.
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
Seems to be a bit of a North/South divide on OSR.
I could have maybe left 30% but at that point I’d had enough
- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
100% will be harvested this year and without any insecticide or fungicide, sprayed a total of twice (Alabama and then Kerb). There is hardly another rape crop for miles in any direction and that must help. With hindsight though we should have sprayed for pollen beetle.
Last year we redrilled almost all of it because hardly any germinated we only kept the best couple of acres so we had some home saved seed.
Last year we redrilled almost all of it because hardly any germinated we only kept the best couple of acres so we had some home saved seed.
- Location
- northumberland
We held off sowing as it was so dry and hard, can't remember the exact date we started but rain was forecast for the following week so we blitzed everything in in 2 and a half days with the pronto on some lighter min tilled ground, the power harrow and combination on some heavier ground and straight into stubble with the sumo on a couple of fields, had a little bit of slug and beetle damage on a couple of fields but managed to get them sprayed and pelleted in time, then a bit of pigeon damage on another couple of fields, but spraying mid flower spray 10days ago and they all look good thick crops, not as many pods on the pigeon affected fields but all above 6ft tall and the best fields will have 18inch to 2ft of pods on the stems, but it's not in the shed yet so will be interesting to see which sowing method yields the best
- Location
- Lincolnshire
One 10 ha block all present but at least half of that comprises weak spindly small podded plants due to larvae. Looking like a ton per acre.
Other 14 ha block, with 2 ha completely written off and the remaining 12 ha looks OK but not spectacular. 28 cwt per acre.
Other 14 ha block, with 2 ha completely written off and the remaining 12 ha looks OK but not spectacular. 28 cwt per acre.