How did you do it? Is it an instant cold turkey approach and hope for the best? Those of you who tell us you haven’t used insecticide for years, when you took on new land, did you treat it any different?
It’s a constant battle of wills with the agronomist here, he understands my strong desire...
Sartorial's resilience powers it to top spot in wheat variety trial
Excellent establishment and impressive early vigour helped Sartorial winter wheat top the yield stakes in Agrovistas recently harvested variety trial at Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
Sartorial achieved a treated yield of...
Here in my part of Yorkshire it is raining every day, im starting to get worried about getting drilled up this autumn again .Hows everyone else doing ?
seems everyone making clouds of dust.
had less than 10mm since mid July, hardly a vounteer has chitted, grass burnt to a crisp.
after bad blackgrass last year, plenty of seed return. am i the only one stalling?
Im getting the vibe from from my arable pals that like everything else the price is rising but more concerning is the availability and delivery time , are others in the same boat waiting for seed
Some years I get it right, others not.
I have got first wheat stubbles going into second wheat and oat stubbles greened up with volunteers. What do I do now to limit damage.
As per title.
I am thinking of dropping winter barley and reducing wheat in favour of spring crops grown with plenty of pig muck under them .
What’s everyone’s thoughts ?
Normally try and drill first ten days of October but last two years have been caught by heavy storms just after drilling that has gone on for months, thinking of going early this time, what's are others doing ?
Just watched a YouTube video of Mike Mitchell in Canada starting his harvest. The drought has meant there's virtually no crop but he's out there with the combines trying to collect up enough lentils for some seed to plant next season. It sounds like its not a rare event either.
Got me wondering...
Hello all,
Hypothetical question here. What would everyone do if they had a 300 acre greenfield site of grade 3 land?
Build a dairy? Go all cereals? Sheep?
Location; Northumberland
Cheers
Steakeater
So some very impressive yields and prices being bandied about on the Combinable price tracker thread.
Is it premature to say it would appear 21/22 is set to be a brilliant year for UK cereal growers - asking for a friend...
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