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<blockquote data-quote="BJM" data-source="post: 7810967" data-attributes="member: 163875"><p>HI, member of the public here and not knowledgable about arable farming. We are newbie rural neighbours, we moved about a year ago to a house with an arable field next door and I'm curious about some of the things that happen. </p><p></p><p>**I should point out I have absolutely no problem or criticism whatsoever, I'm just interested to learn more.**</p><p></p><p>So the field had oats this year, harvested around late August and a few weeks later the stubble was riddled in and the field left alone. Something then germinated again, presumably from some seed left over and then this was killed off with a spray.</p><p></p><p>The field has been ploughed, levelled and about 10 days ago was seeded with a new crop. There is a (gas?) bird scarer set up in the field away from the houses.</p><p></p><p>What's puzzling me is that the field is full of orange sticks and the farmer comes and moves them every so often. There is now a tractor with a spray on the back - presumably fertiliser?</p><p></p><p>Are the orange markers just to tell the tractor what line to take? Would they be spraying fertiliser now or something else? I thought it would be better to sound like an idiot anonymously on here, rather than to my farmer neighbour <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Also interested in the process generally of what happens. I know the field is on a 5 crop rotation and we are in East Anglia.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the idiotic question(s) ... be kind to a rookie please. As I said, fully supportive of the farming community and how hard you all work, just interested to learn more as a rural neighbour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BJM, post: 7810967, member: 163875"] HI, member of the public here and not knowledgable about arable farming. We are newbie rural neighbours, we moved about a year ago to a house with an arable field next door and I'm curious about some of the things that happen. **I should point out I have absolutely no problem or criticism whatsoever, I'm just interested to learn more.** So the field had oats this year, harvested around late August and a few weeks later the stubble was riddled in and the field left alone. Something then germinated again, presumably from some seed left over and then this was killed off with a spray. The field has been ploughed, levelled and about 10 days ago was seeded with a new crop. There is a (gas?) bird scarer set up in the field away from the houses. What's puzzling me is that the field is full of orange sticks and the farmer comes and moves them every so often. There is now a tractor with a spray on the back - presumably fertiliser? Are the orange markers just to tell the tractor what line to take? Would they be spraying fertiliser now or something else? I thought it would be better to sound like an idiot anonymously on here, rather than to my farmer neighbour :D Also interested in the process generally of what happens. I know the field is on a 5 crop rotation and we are in East Anglia. Sorry for the idiotic question(s) ... be kind to a rookie please. As I said, fully supportive of the farming community and how hard you all work, just interested to learn more as a rural neighbour. [/QUOTE]
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