AB7: Wholecrop Cereals - herbicide restrictions

[DaveGrohl]

I'm not sure how they are determining it is low input. However, I would normally grow wholecrop with zero P and K (comes from animals instead), ploughing and combi drilling (but not always), maybe some pre-em herbicide, it would depend, about 50 units of nitrogen and probably 2,3 or 4 passes with the sprayer depending on the crop. Spring barley probably a 2 pass wonder but it would not just be a little bit of eagle which would be as much use as a bucket of pish in a housefire on much of the land around here. We used to use wholecrop as a pioneer crop a lot and use it to sort land out before putting it back into decent grass leys.

The bucket of pish would have a bit of N in it so bang goes the low input.

 

[BenAdamsAgri]

You can do that with a combine too

Hence the css option Ab6 and Ab2

 

[BenAdamsAgri]

Since when is any crop, particularly wholecrop, considered very low input? I had people growing wholecrop that would rival any wheat crop locally for bulk and grain yield, only it went up a forager and not a combine.

It isn't, hence this option is trying to encourage it, kind of the point

 

[yellow belly]

You can do that with a combine too

You can but for the whole crop stewardship option it has to be foraged and whole cropped
not allowed to combine and bale the straw
I have asked Rpa and the sad no combineing

 

[glasshouse]

You can but for the whole crop stewardship option it has to be foraged and whole cropped
not allowed to combine and bale the straw
I have asked Rpa and the sad no combineing

Cant see the difference