One field has gone into sfi, osr will be dropped and hoping to put it into the 2024 sfi ab6 option. Rest will be worked up June/July ready for winter wheat next year
no spring drilling for us, too wet and not going to puddle in barley late April may. 60% of winter wheat failed/not drilled, the 40% left is sh!t. Lost 75% of osr to flea beetle by November the other 25% has had all its fertiliser but think thats knackered by beetle in the stem (last time we...
This is bang on, we've decided to drop all break crops except vining peas for now and when the 2024 sfi offer comes in all break crop ground will be enhanced overwintered stubble and concentrate solely on winter wheat and rotate each year. This year we will have approximatly 60% fallow anyway...
I can with wheat and could with osr until flea beetle arrived. If it wasn't for flea beetle I would carry on with wheat osr vining peas etc but without osr sfi is a no brainer
you are wrong about sfi not being attractive on good land. yes none of the options compare with winter wheat but the break crops are so poor these days that sfi is looking increasingly more attractive. we are thinking of taking out of production around 25% with different options all on grade 1...
quick question.
i have options i could/would like to apply for now from 2023 sfi, however long term i would like to use ab6 which is being added in 2024. i presume if i apply for 2023 now to plant this spring i would not then be allowed to apply for 2024 sfi?
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