Break crop options

[DRC]

which would be the better option. OSR or stubble turnips(sheep)/spring beans.
Pros and cons financially and herbicide options please?

 

[SilliamWhale]

Id say osr.

I never find stubble t pay that well

 

[APJ]

Grow some osr it would grow well at yours, just keep it simple go for a conventional variety so you can save the seed next yr, plenty of pig muck ahead of planting and it will fly, don’t let the agronomist spend too much there’s no need!

 

[Brisel]

The sheep fb beans will be better for weed control and certainly be more sustainable but unless you’ve got a cheap establishment system, good headage rate and stellar bean yields the economics will probably favour the osr IMO.

 

[Brisel]

What weeds are the issue? Herbicide options in turnips and beans are very limited but hooves and stomachs will be better. Soil type and system will dictate which ultimately makes you more.

 

[DRC]

Three of my neighbours have cracking looking crops of OSR . My problems would be more logistical ones. It would need to move straight off the combine as storage would be an issue. Old combine with no side knife , old Masters drier, 18M sprayer on lowish tractor.

 

[APJ]

Osr moves easily enough straight off the combine, side knife 400quid would sort that, and we grew rape for many years with a mounted 18m sprayer.

 

[moretimeforgolf]

Anyone with a swather in your area? No need for you to spray late, and no side knife required. You can send the crop into storage with a co-op or United Oilseeds straight off the combine. If it’s over moisture they will deal with it at a known price.

 

[Zippy768]

Three of my neighbours have cracking looking crops of OSR . My problems would be more logistical ones. It would need to move straight off the combine as storage would be an issue. Old combine with no side knife , old Masters drier, 18M sprayer on lowish tractor.

Running a side knife will be no problem. We run 18m mounted, its manageable. Main issue is dessciation, not a pleasant job. Have found going through with pod sealant a couple of weeks earlier minimises losses, even just for the fact I make a pathway while rubbery.
We send osr straight out. I wouldn't want to mess about drying and storing osr without the full works.
Harvest logistics are good, a nice flow through WB, Osr, ww, spring b

 

[farmerm]

Id say osr.

I never find stubble t pay that well

might have paid better than the negative return on my spring beans last year

 

[DRC]

Certainly food for thought . It’d only be 35/40 acres as a break on land that we can’t really grow maize on. We have grown it in the past, when I remember being left with 3 or 4 tons that wouldn’t fit a lorry, which then got moved a number of times as it was in the way. How do you deal with small left over tonnages .

 

[DRC]

At least with beans, you can mill and mix a few ton with a ration for the cattle.

 

[Zippy768]

Certainly food for thought . It’d only be 35/40 acres as a break on land that we can’t really grow maize on. We have grown it in the past, when I remember being left with 3 or 4 tons that wouldn’t fit a lorry, which then got moved a number of times as it was in the way. How do you deal with small left over tonnages .

Is there a central store within a sensible distance?

 

[DRC]

Is there a central store within a sensible distance?

I think one neighbour does trailer his somewhere . I’ll make enquiries

 

[DRC]

One of my neighbours did tell a friend that he’d been in his OSR field 17 times. Not sure if that’s just with his sprayer and liquid fertiliser , or includes establishment

 

[marcot]

Certainly food for thought . It’d only be 35/40 acres as a break on land that we can’t really grow maize on. We have grown it in the past, when I remember being left with 3 or 4 tons that wouldn’t fit a lorry, which then got moved a number of times as it was in the way. How do you deal with small left over tonnages .

Put it in the drill the following year ......

 

[Zippy768]

Put it in the drill the following year ......

What do you do with the remaining 3 tons?

 

[marcot]

What do you do with the remaining 3 tons?

You obviously don't have flea beetles ?

 

[Zippy768]

You obviously don't have flea beetles ?

I see your point

 

[marcot]

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