I've run a couple of these polls previously and now some of the detail has been released and it's all getting a bit closer, I thought it would be interesting to gauge opinion again and see if anything has changed.
Same question as before:
Based on your current understandings of the scheme...
I've got a field of winter wheat that has unfortunately ended up with a lot of rye grass in, had Cougar in a pre em and Hatra post emergence which did get on top of it at the time, however, at a cost. Fast forward to this spring, a huge amount of ryegrass is coming back and I've decided its a...
Just wondering if stubble turnips drilled after winter barley followed by spring barley will be enough of a “take all” break before going back into winter wheat.
Trying to avoid spring beans. I’m persevering with OSR but I don’t want too much of it, so reckoned if half my break crop area was...
I was always told that February nitrogen flattens crops.
RB209 recommends nothing until the start of stem extension, and not before early April, unless it has low tiller numbers.
Yet everybody else seems to start chucking it on now and their crops look strong and green where as mine look crap...
Neighbour was having his spreader tested as he had a few different fertilisers to spread, ours needed doing as its been a couple of years not used.
Rang up to see if i could get done the same day, easier than that, pop it along to neighbours get it done there saves lifting and resetting the...
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...
French Style Harvest - January 2023
Since my last article in May harvest has been and gone (very quickly) and all the winter crops have been established and are looking well. This harvest it felt like we were farming in France. Most was done by the end of the first week in August and due to...
I am wondering aloud. In order to protect the efficacy of Broadway Star and use it less often than twice in three years or every other year what would be the next best spring herbicide to use?
There will be wild oats and brome mainly as well as broadleaves.
Would you use Broadway Star again...
Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.
All pics taken today.
Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄
Wheats
Skyfall
Two year...
Farmer Focus - Andrew Jackson
October 2022
Many farmers have been surprised at their yields this year, the starting point must have been a kind autumn and winter, but it appears that sunlight in June contributes more to yield than we thought and rainfall to the beginning of harvest (6 months)...
Farmer Focus - Philip Bradshaw (Issue 19)
I ended my previous article noting the challenges ahead, but with some optimism for the season, and the forthcoming harvest. However, I had underestimated how exciting it was to get, and how much volatility we would come to enjoy! Our crops continued to...
What an extraordinary growing season we seem to have had. In a nutshell, very low rainfall, low temperatures until June and good levels of solar radiation (sunshine) resulting in generally good yields with good specific weight and moderate protein. Especially so as most crops senesced...
Hi, is anyone too dressing wheat in the spring with layers muck?
can you spread 24m evenly?
What value of N is there per Ton?
I have been offered layers muck, I am waiting on an analysis and wondered how others got on and the pros and cons
Tia
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Brew-only spring barley varieties don’t come along that often and although it’s only currently provisionally approved by the Malting Barley Committee (MBC), Skyway appears to be carving a path for itself. CPM finds out what elevates it...
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Research into a biological seed treatment is suggesting it could both increase yield and potentially help farmers reduce nitrogen requirements. CPM finds out more.
By Mike Abram
Finding ways to cut synthetic nitrogen requirements, or...
Just having a bit of a review of operations here
Potatoes is still our biggest enterprise, both from a time and money perspective, but risk and reward has got more and more out of kilter in recent years. Area for 2023 a bit under half what it was in 2017 for a number of reasons. I'm passionate...
We usually have lots of wild birds. In fact, when it comes to geese and swans we can have rather too many especially when they are grazing our crops.
This time of year we usually have a flock of 5 -800 Canadas and Greylags grazing stubbles.
This year we have about 10 only.
The ducks seem...
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