Cover crop graze or plough in

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Livestock Farmer
I’m paying exactly the same rate as last year. Then we will see how the hogg trade is come spring. If trade is good then we’ll have a divvy up and give them more. If I’m having a beating next spring then they take what I can give and that’s it. But all grown for me by long term keep men. None of them after my last shilling, just a decent do and the added fertility
Yeah that sounds fair. The mate of mine will do it I think but heavy clay land in the main so May get a bit of a shock, in a wet winter.
 

Chicken richard

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Mixed Farmer
If I grew 250 acres of turnip in the most Eastern point of mainland UK how would I find some one to eat it? I'd fence and over see.. and what might it be worth?
My boss is keen for me to explore the possibilitys.
 

Purli R

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If I grew 250 acres of turnip in the most Eastern point of mainland UK how would I find some one to eat it? I'd fence and over see.. and what might it be worth?
My boss is keen for me to explore the possibilitys.
Well theres me & anymule for a start & 500 others if you put it on FB or farmers Guardian,bloomin long way away thou,cant you move to yorkshire/linclonshire/cheshire bit more local ? :LOL: 50p -£1-20 should cover all angles:scratchhead:
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
If I grew 250 acres of turnip in the most Eastern point of mainland UK how would I find some one to eat it? I'd fence and over see.. and what might it be worth?
My boss is keen for me to explore the possibilitys.
An advert in the FG would result in you switching your phone off by 9pm Friday if the crop is good and the price is right. Always people looking for keep to see us through to the end of March. 👍
 

Mc115reed

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Livestock Farmer
Well theres me & anymule for a start & 500 others if you put it on FB or farmers Guardian,bloomin long way away thou,cant you move to yorkshire/linclonshire/cheshire bit more local ? :LOL: 50p -£1-20 should cover all angles:scratchhead:
Ey now you behave! If you want anymore keep you ask me for it 😂 I need more customers like you I’m not letting you go anywhere 😂😂
 

Derrick Hughes

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Location
Ceredigion
He is quite keen as we have alot of spring cropping on the sand so long as we get some rain between April and October to grow..
When do you harvest your spring crops, just have to watch your drilling dates for Brassicas, sorry if you already know that
I could not get a return off them , but then I had no stubbles and did not need the benefits they give to arable land
 

Chicken richard

Member
Mixed Farmer
Ah now that's the question we harvest 12 months a year its just what the new farm managers cropping plan looks like he wants to put something into the ground not just taking it out
 

Anymulewilldo

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
There was a bloke advertising 250 acre of Radish on the blowing sand of the Norfolk coast about this time (maybe a touch later) a couple of years ago? I rang up and he was saying it had to be grown to stop the top inch of soil buggering off over winter! Unfortunately he wanted the lot clearing by late Jan ready for ripping up in Feb and I just couldn’t get anything to fit that time scale.
similar sort of thing perhaps?
 
If I grew 250 acres of turnip in the most Eastern point of mainland UK how would I find some one to eat it? I'd fence and over see.. and what might it be worth?
My boss is keen for me to explore the possibilitys.
The money is in grazing it march april,
what is previous crop ,st dont like su chem or chopped straw and needs n and sowing in august ,
lamb feeders will want keep now till april
 

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