wild oats

  1. JCB_JCR

    Self drilling seeds

    Came across this on youtube thought I'd share.
  2. D

    Wheat lodges

    Anyone surprised at amount of lodging in wheat ? Dawsum going over despite robust pgr program . Only 6 days here without rain in July .. Maybe that’s the answer… !
  3. Clive

    Toppers - educate me please !

    As we increasingly become more “park keeper” thanks to SFI and CSS and have more cover crops and margins than in the past we have options that need management involving cutting Having never owned a topper or mower bigger than a garden ride on I find myself confused by what i should buy...
  4. will_mck

    Wild oats foxtrot/oskar

    What have I done wrong? Sprayed 1l/ha of oskar/foxtrot at 200l/ha volume in winter wheat at gs 37 on Monday 8th of May.The wild oats have shrugged it off since and growing away. I can only assume I should have sprayed at 1.2l/ha. Didn't want to go earlier as I wanted to get any spring wild oats...
  5. Laggard

    Rodent rogueing

    Something helping with the blackgrass rogueing.
  6. Grass And Grain

    Cost of SFI IPM Plan and Nutrient Management Plan

    As per title, we've to use BASIS/FACTS qualified person if we want to use IPM plan and Nutrient management Plan for SFI. Anyone on here offering this service? Any approximations of fees for doing these?
  7. Derrick Hughes

    Stubble Turnips

    5 days and up Amazing what a bit of rain does The stones arnt as bad as they look
  8. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...
  9. Northantsplants

    Got BLACK GRASS? Then, I need your help...

    Hi I am setting up a collaborative project to develop a biological method of control for black grass. For this I will be setting up the 'Black Grass Biology Group' where farmers will work alongside our technical team to develop a biological control method ON FARM. If this sounds of interest...
  10. APJ

    Harvest 2023

    Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
  11. S

    3 year ley +50kgN/Ha -> 7t/Ha 1st wheat

    Anyone read this? https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/download/15dbd549fa74257fc63569c61505830ccbe260ae4d5286937e77448f5e99f8c0/1517909/Poulton%20et%20al%20SUM%202022%20WLA%20yields.pdf Graph on p8 shows first wheat after 3 yr clover ley at 7T/Ha from 50kgN/Ha. We are considering sowing a 2...
  12. CPF

    Zurn Top Cut collect

    Thinking about one. Has anyone had experience with and any results from previous use.
  13. Green oak

    I should round up whole fields. But I’ve spent to much money on them.

    Financial hit. Or taking poison fields of blackgrass to harvest.
  14. W

    Need some rain !

    Drying out very fast now. Clay soils starting to crack in the top. Stewardship seeds gone into a dustbowl pretty much as well the last couple of days.
  15. W

    T 2 on wheat

    Have many started yet, if so what are you using?
  16. casemx 270

    So will the plough be out ?

    As per title with all the grass weed about who's contemplating whether to get the plough out this autumn?
  17. average farmer

    Pacifica on spring sown winter wheat

    As above would you put pacifica on or not ? Have some Horus in stock to but don’t think it would do much. crop looks a bit stressed with a few wild oats and other weeds that will need taking out anyway
  18. bobk

    Online agronomist

    Amazed no one has done this , winner winner , agro could do 100,000 acres a day and make a fortune , farmer gets non serviced / unbiased (hopefully ) advise My golf coach lives in Arizona , send him vids , have a chat on zoom , golf is harder than growing crops
  19. Wigeon

    Topik vs Axial

    Any disadvantages to Topik for a straight wild oats job, as opposed to Axial? Seems half the price and less hard on the crop, but would welcome views. Thanks
  20. casemx 270

    Grass weed explosion

    Anyone else seeing a big grass weed explosion with this wet weather? So depressing rampant ryegrass and blackgrass in fields that looked clean post Christmas.
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