Cost of drilling and fertilising stubble turnips plus the seeds

[ianlucasshearing]

As above really, what would be the rough cost of drilling fertilising and seed be, direct drilling into stubble?

 

[beaconsboy]

As above really, what would be the rough cost of drilling fertilising and seed be, direct drilling into stubble?

Drilling 20 per acre. Seed at 2.50 a kg. 2kg an acre so 5 quid. 100kg of 20 10 10. 27 quid. Might want a kg of slug pellets to

 

[davidroberts30]

Mix the seed in the fert save the drilling cost

Seed here is about 3 to 4 a kilo depends what you have

 

[DRC]

Don’t forget the cost of spraying out volunteer cereals if your direct drilling .

 

[Chae1]

Drilling 20 per acre. Seed at 2.50 a kg. 2kg an acre so 5 quid. 100kg of 20 10 10. 27 quid. Might want a kg of slug pellets to

Cheap seed.

 

[Agrivator]

The fertiliser, even some of the nitrogen, will be available for the next crop. So the stubble turnips only have to bear, say, 40% of the fertiliser costs.

 

[Chae1]

Don’t forget the cost of spraying out volunteer cereals if your direct drilling .

Why do you spray them out?

Cows eat them too. Don't hold back stubble turnips.

 

[som farmer]

hybred rape £4.60 a kilo, drilling £18/20 acre, 125 kilo's of n, and away you go.

 

[Chae1]

I was at £40/acre for forage rape and fert. £14/acre seed. I'm planning giving it 125kg/ha 16.16.16 then another 125kg/ha 29.9.

Power harrow/drill into stubble £20/acre, roll £4, fert twice £8/acre.

Is it worth it when silage will be £15/bale?

 

[neilo]

I was at £40/acre for forage rape and fert. £14/acre seed. I'm planning giving it 125kg/ha 16.16.16 then another 125kg/ha 29.9.

Power harrow/drill into stubble £20/acre, roll £4, fert twice £8/acre.

Is it worth it when silage will be £15/bale?

£14/ac for rape seed? Surely that’s nearer a per ha rate, and top end at that?

I would suggest that very few silage bales, especially any you can buy in, will be anywhere near the feed value of a grazed brassica crop.

 

[digger64]

High rate 1 kg enough for drilling

 

[It was already broken.]

Am I missing something. Are some people trying to make turnips sound complicated. Drill, chuck on a bit of fert (whatever you have left) sit and wait. Thats our system.

 

[Chae1]

£14/ac for rape seed? Surely that’s nearer a per ha rate, and top end at that?

I would suggest that very few silage bales, especially any you can buy in, will be anywhere near the feed value of a grazed brassica crop.

£7/kg for Swift, is that too much?

Ended up going for Hobson at £4.50. Couldn't see point in going for a hybrid as aren't going to graze regrowth.

Its for dry cows overwinter so feed value not critical.

 

[som farmer]

I was at £40/acre for forage rape and fert. £14/acre seed. I'm planning giving it 125kg/ha 16.16.16 then another 125kg/ha 29.9.

Power harrow/drill into stubble £20/acre, roll £4, fert twice £8/acre.

Is it worth it when silage will be £15/bale?

don't complicate the job, if there's moisture it will out grow any weed, we use our vaderstat to drill straight into stubble, a little N and that's that, will roll if not busy. if you graze them, you will put a lot goodness back into the ground. hybrid rape £4.60 kg, hobson £1 ish. kg. stop worrying about how difficult you can make it, the quicker its in the better the crop 11

 

[mghley]

I was at £40/acre for forage rape and fert. £14/acre seed. I'm planning giving it 125kg/ha 16.16.16 then another 125kg/ha 29.9.

Power harrow/drill into stubble £20/acre, roll £4, fert twice £8/acre.

Is it worth it when silage will be £15/bale?

Seed sounds very expensive, sure last year Interval was about £3.50 per kilo and if dd into decent conditions I would be putting on 1.25kg per acre.
Would have thought a decent crop would favour well compared to any purchased silage.