Average spend per acre on chemicals

Landrover

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Just wondering if anyone could give me an figure for an average spend on chemicals per acre/ha a year. Ball park figure good enough ! Without blackgrasss chemicals as well if that's not too much to ask ! Not my line of expertise so thought I'd ask !
 

Landrover

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Ok i'll try to be more specific, for example per acre feed wheat no blackgrasss, just chemicals not fert Scottish borders light ground if that's any better
 

solo

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Location
worcestershire
£86 ha on wheat???, how many sprays?
autumn herbicide with some fields spring blw top up and two fungicides. East region average spray spend was £222.60/ha and West region average was £214.0/ha. Can't spend too much when yield is limited by light, drought prone soils. 6.5t/ha average yield, compared to 8.4t/ ha average yield for the west and 8.9t/ha average for the east. Its all relative.
 

sexy lexy

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autumn herbicide with some fields spring blw top up and two fungicides. East region average spray spend was £222.60/ha and West region average was £214.0/ha. Can't spend too much when yield is limited by light, drought prone soils. 6.5t/ha average yield, compared to 8.4t/ ha average yield for the west and 8.9t/ha average for the east. Its all relative.
Very true, not better with a hybrid wb?! , does well in difficult conditions, or s barley, if your only cutting 6.5t/ha of wheat.
 

solo

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Location
worcestershire
Very true, not better with a hybrid wb?! , does well in difficult conditions, or s barley, if your only cutting 6.5t/ha of wheat.
That was the first of two poor years for me due to drought. oilseed rape was the saving grace that year with 4.3t/ha compared to 3.7t/ha average in the survey. Gross margin was £1131 /ha compared to the average of £748. Sprays on osr was £113/ha compared to £209/ ha average for comparisson. Winter barley was overdone in my fathers era so haven't grown it since the early 1990's. Wheat and osr have done very well apart from the last two harvests. Spring barley has been a mixed bag. May well try wb this autumn unless defra modify the cropping rules.
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
That was the first of two poor years for me due to drought. oilseed rape was the saving grace that year with 4.3t/ha compared to 3.7t/ha average in the survey. Gross margin was £1131 /ha compared to the average of £748. Sprays on osr was £113/ha compared to £209/ ha average for comparisson. Winter barley was overdone in my fathers era so haven't grown it since the early 1990's. Wheat and osr have done very well apart from the last two harvests. Spring barley has been a mixed bag. May well try wb this autumn unless defra modify the cropping rules.
I would try WB again you will be surprised at how the stuff has moved on since we used to grow a lot in the early 90's same as you.
 

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