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AHL2 - Winter Bird Food
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<blockquote data-quote="Hornet" data-source="post: 9059942" data-attributes="member: 41776"><p>low levels of cyanide in linseed makes</p><p></p><p>Absolutely agree!</p><p></p><p>If £1000/ha was on the table for one cropping year (say July-July) and we provided Winter bird food for the winter months, and flowering species for pollinators in the spring (perhaps all species sown in July?) </p><p></p><p>Then this creates the break crop we are all desperately trying to replace. It also provides the original AHL2 aims without much issue, and immense public good.A</p><p></p><p><strong>SFI is being done on on the cheap</strong></p><p></p><p>SAM2 at £129/ha is an absolute insult to what it provides as a public good, when it also has a huge risk to a following spring crop's bottom line</p><p></p><p>especially when AHL2 planted at the same time (and arguably does the same job as SAM2, living roots, cover, pollution sponge, wildlife etc) during the autumn/winter</p><p></p><p>Should be completely simplified to:</p><p></p><p>£500/ ha to take land out of production for 6 months (to provide say an autumn <strong>OR</strong> a spring sown cover)</p><p>or</p><p>£1000/ ha to take land out of production for a year (to provide winter bird food and then spring flowers) drilled either once: With a mix for bird food and flowering species grown on into the spring <strong>or</strong> twice: Bird food sown straight after harvest in july, fb a flowering cover sown in the spring for pollinators and nesting / cover</p><p></p><p>This is then achievable in a winter and spring cereal rotation, or after late lifted root crops, or before spring sown cash crops</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hornet, post: 9059942, member: 41776"] low levels of cyanide in linseed makes Absolutely agree! If £1000/ha was on the table for one cropping year (say July-July) and we provided Winter bird food for the winter months, and flowering species for pollinators in the spring (perhaps all species sown in July?) Then this creates the break crop we are all desperately trying to replace. It also provides the original AHL2 aims without much issue, and immense public good.A [B]SFI is being done on on the cheap[/B] SAM2 at £129/ha is an absolute insult to what it provides as a public good, when it also has a huge risk to a following spring crop's bottom line especially when AHL2 planted at the same time (and arguably does the same job as SAM2, living roots, cover, pollution sponge, wildlife etc) during the autumn/winter Should be completely simplified to: £500/ ha to take land out of production for 6 months (to provide say an autumn [B]OR[/B] a spring sown cover) or £1000/ ha to take land out of production for a year (to provide winter bird food and then spring flowers) drilled either once: With a mix for bird food and flowering species grown on into the spring [B]or[/B] twice: Bird food sown straight after harvest in july, fb a flowering cover sown in the spring for pollinators and nesting / cover This is then achievable in a winter and spring cereal rotation, or after late lifted root crops, or before spring sown cash crops [/QUOTE]
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