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<blockquote data-quote="teslacoils" data-source="post: 7719526" data-attributes="member: 127792"><p>2004/5</p><p></p><p>Had just bought our first farm. Then it started raining. 400ac. Got 80ac first wheat in. Osr just about avoided being written off. 150ac second wheat went in without the previous rubbish being sprayed off. Was the start of the "small loss better than a big loss" and the idea that you work all year to try to loose less money than doing nothing. </p><p></p><p>2012/13. </p><p></p><p>Schedule was 800ac wheat, 600ac osr. Ended up with 100ac spring wheat, 100ac winter wheat, 150ac poor osr, 80ac linseed. </p><p></p><p>Was mainly CFA work and ended up with lots of machinery hp to pay with good as no income. Was very sobering. And the start of subbing out the draught work. </p><p></p><p>2019/20</p><p></p><p>Looked at soil. Said no. Got 80ac sp barley and 110ac sp oats with 250ac fallow. Applied only digestate, and one spray of CCC and manganese on the barley. Let 80 percent of my fbt land go. Had packed up contracting at the end of the previous summer. </p><p></p><p>I've never had a bad year from it being too dry, although I've written off osr from it just not getting forecast rain (looks like this year). Slightly ironic as we moved here in part due to the previous sand farm having crops that just died in the sun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teslacoils, post: 7719526, member: 127792"] 2004/5 Had just bought our first farm. Then it started raining. 400ac. Got 80ac first wheat in. Osr just about avoided being written off. 150ac second wheat went in without the previous rubbish being sprayed off. Was the start of the "small loss better than a big loss" and the idea that you work all year to try to loose less money than doing nothing. 2012/13. Schedule was 800ac wheat, 600ac osr. Ended up with 100ac spring wheat, 100ac winter wheat, 150ac poor osr, 80ac linseed. Was mainly CFA work and ended up with lots of machinery hp to pay with good as no income. Was very sobering. And the start of subbing out the draught work. 2019/20 Looked at soil. Said no. Got 80ac sp barley and 110ac sp oats with 250ac fallow. Applied only digestate, and one spray of CCC and manganese on the barley. Let 80 percent of my fbt land go. Had packed up contracting at the end of the previous summer. I've never had a bad year from it being too dry, although I've written off osr from it just not getting forecast rain (looks like this year). Slightly ironic as we moved here in part due to the previous sand farm having crops that just died in the sun. [/QUOTE]
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