Sawdust more like , this might be me done , flower growing for a whileYeah preferably made with wheat flour.
Sawdust more like , this might be me done , flower growing for a whileYeah preferably made with wheat flour.
I am having a fallow year and sowing wall to wall 1st wheat in Sept. Totally had enough this season.Sawdust more like , this might be me done , flower growing for a while
Are you going to put a cheap cover crop in?I am having a fallow year and sowing wall to wall 1st wheat in Sept. Totally had enough this season.
Probably getting it all wrong again but going with gut feeling???
£150 wheat is not an option imoI am having a fallow year and sowing wall to wall 1st wheat in Sept. Totally had enough this season.
Probably getting it all wrong again but going with gut feeling???
No, totally fallow in the hope of clean ground come September. Will be sprayed off and hopefully seed bed prepared for early drilling.Are you going to put a cheap cover crop in?
Haha, already have a collection of Benny hats.Could always plant flowers and buy wheat futures, that way you will not be wearing the Benny Hat when it is £250t in November.
No rent?We've decided not to bother with the spring cropping. Anything we didn't plant in the autumn, which is a lot, will be fallowed. Just not worth the effort at these prices.
we have rent on some and no rent on some. may look into sfi on some of it although really waiting for 2024 sfi when they get combined and will use ab6 instead of osr. quite sad really on a quite productive farm.No rent?
dittoI have rent to pay but figure it'll be it'll be a lesser of two evils if the drought effects late drilled ww or spring barley that nobody wants....as i say I'm just going with my instinct...no doubt I'll get it wrong again
What would you do if css/sfi didnt exist?we have rent on some and no rent on some. may look into sfi on some of it although really waiting for 2024 sfi when they get combined and will use ab6 instead of osr. quite sad really on a quite productive farm.
Doesn’t exist in n .ireland , ur lucky you have the optionWhat would you do if css/sfi didnt exist?
Seems were all in a similar situation.
Apoligies for going off thread.
Yes very true. Am not right in thinking that you receive higher grain and straw prices to somewhat balance this out? Or is this all lost by more expensive fert/other inputs?Doesn’t exist in n .ireland , ur lucky you have the option
Yeah £200/t for straw. Great for seller perhaps not for buyerYes very true. Am not right in thinking that you receive higher grain and straw prices to somewhat balance this out? Or is this all lost by more expensive fert/other inputs?
We don’t get more for grain and straw to balance this out , we get more because we have to import most of the grain we use and that comes at a higher price compared to England where you are exporting most years. We are around £30/tonne above u atm depending on locationYes very true. Am not right in thinking that you receive higher grain and straw prices to somewhat balance this out? Or is this all lost by more expensive fert/other inputs?
I know its a free market, i just meant that the higher prices are maybe better than SFI.We don’t get more for grain and straw to balance this out , we get more because we have to import most of the grain we use and that comes at a higher price compared to England where you are exporting most years. We are around £30/tonne above u atm depending on location
The way costs have been rising in the last few years,and the weather not being great it’s getting more difficult to make a decent profit for the effort put in !I know its a free market, i just meant that the higher prices are maybe better than SFI.