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    Wheat after grass?

    Apologies if this has been done to death, but I can't find anything in the search. I'm considering a 2 year "legume fallow" in CS, the suggested mix is 66% ryegrass with the rest made up of clovers, vetches, flowers. My question is what to follow this with? I'd like to put wheat in - It would...
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    Weeds on stubble/over winter CC. Problem?

    due to my own questioning of yields of spring barley behind cover crops, this year I've done some split fields with half stubble, half cover crop. On one particular field we've now got no end of thistles. Mostly sow thistles and gut weed, annual thistles. Looks worse on the stubble, but probably...
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    Weaving GD user thread

    Thought it would be useful to gain some knowledge from other weaving GD users out there to share experiences / problems / solutions. I'll start.....anyone else had problems with blocked coulters? I've had a lot. It's been on the wetter side of ideal, but still good drilling conditions. It's got...
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    OSR drilling

    anyone drilled any OSR yet? Too early?
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    Crops for drying out land

    we have had a shocking beet lift followed by a shocking plough this winter. Consequently there are headlands we will not be cropping this spring as they are just puddled with water in the furrow bottoms. Can anyone suggest a decent crop to put on these headlands (later!) with the primary...
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    Drilling on the green Oil Radish

    I went to a Soyl workshop today, and Kings cover crops had a slot. They warned against drilling on the green into oil radish as they have seen alleopethic effects of oil radish killing black grass, and so would probably kill a cereal too. Anyone had any experience, as my plan was to glyphosate...
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    Hello from mid Suffolk

    Hi, I farm 360ha in Mid Suffolk, predominantly on clay soils, all hanslope associated (some Ashley, Newport traits too) but we also recently rented some land which is a sandy loam. I came back to the family farm 8 years ago, having done an engineering degree, and worked in ag machinery sector...
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