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Morning Presumably most are still planning on planting wheat in the next month or so. With current prices and profitability what’s everyone’s thoughts on pre em choices and rates ? cheers

Hi We made some lovely June hay like everyone else I presume but left half our crop to bulk up as it’s old tired grass!! Who else has hay still to cut with the weather forecast for the next 2 weeks ?

Hi All, For those who use an agronomist to help with work load who’s got a rec for T3? Its very dry and wheat of our sensible varieties here very clean (Siskin /Extase etc) Is teb/prochloraz the general go to in this rusty weather?Will it be needed? For those that prescribe for themselves...

Hi Never grown hybrid barley and wondering in a first cereal position if the yields would be comparable but cost less to grow and be a better bet against grassweeds using lower N ,lower fungicide, possibly lower drying costs ? what’s others thoughts ? cheers

I really like group 2’s for some reason (no science involved) and have always grown cordial,Siskin and recently Extase. Farmer friendly varieties! what’s the verdict and opinions on palladium ? Cheers

Evening all, My landlord has approached us wanting vacant possession on a block of arable land that is in our AHA agreement with 2 successions left on it. The land block has recently received planning permission for industrial development and they have developers wanting to sign up but need...

I’m sure like many we’ve used luximo as pre em and now needing to spend more of the profits !!!! On a contact Used in the past Atlantis -good whilst it worked Broadway star- now no good here as we have black grass as well as Italian Proverb- didn’t see much diff if any to Atlantis Monolith -...

Hi I keep seeing an advertisement for ‘supersoil’ microbes It’s an Irish product Anybody used or tried it?

Morning got some heavyish land destined for spring beans Ploughed a while and it’s broken down lovely with the frosts of late question With it forecast dry would you plant now with stone drill or wait til March when soil should be warmer but chances are peeing it down!? Thoughts please...

Morning I’m sure it’s been asked a thousand times ! Historically been AN user but for obvious reasons we’ve bought a quantity of Urea this season. When do users of Urea on here generally start applying to Barleys and Rapes in comparison to AN dates. I’ve been thinking 2 weeks earlier ? Am I...

Hi I missed the pre em timing 2 weeks ago due to dry soils at drilling.Seriously dry area where it’s only just had some decent rain. My wheat is now 1 leaf and through to peri emergence in variable soil types. Is this timing now ( 5 mm rain last night) ok or would you leave another week ? I...

Go on then Who’s started? Another week and I think I’m tempted to start on cleanish fields ….

Here in South Yorkshire we’ve had nothing! Anyone else still waiting 🤞

If you sold today ( which you won’t I don’t think!) so you could budget for next year to sell for August it’s circa £197!!! Game over

I usually dress around 10-12 tonne of my own wheat seed. This year I was for various reasons including grass weeds was going to buy ‘c2 seed’ from the merchant. However having received orders /invoice for £575 a tonne and now falling prices I’m thinking home save what I’ve got again( after...

Hope everyone is safe around the country lots of fires around here in South Yorkshire. Wind not helped the temperatures today. Terrible waste but even more frightening at the same time especially houses gone up with fields.

Prices falling daily! advice from merchants very misty! Do you sell rape now and take the hit from the top or wait in anticipation of a lower price in the next months or so? Same with barley? can store a % but some has to go conundrum anyone else ? cheers

Morning All, Barley harvest getting close! Going to drop and sell the straw. Wheat ? What value should it be to sell or is it better to chop ? Who’s doing what and for what reasons? cheers

We’ve been stalwart milling wheat(group 1 /2 growers ) for years Zyatt finally bit the dust here last season after a few years getting fed up of chasing the disease in it and life’s a little too short to look at something in a field that doesn’t quite please your eye regardless! We grew...

Hi With current glyphosate prices high and static what sensible rates does everyone use of a generic 360 to get control. When it was £50 a tub it was ok to put a ‘bit’ in for good measure but at £150 a tub it’s adding possibly £15-20 acre if you add in a wetter! Thoughts on everyones rates...