- Location
- North yorks
plan to drill maize middle of next week, grass seeds once/if it rains and some of the feb drilled wheat might get some spring barley stitched into it
Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
what’s that into failed osr?
average farmer
Member
- Location
- North Notts
loads to do yet
average farmer
Member
- Location
- North Notts
mrs working in NHS and 3 kids under 6 aren’t helping progress, I’m not too bothered if I don’t get it all in ..... in fact I know I won’t. I’ll put some muck on and a cover crop, maybe a drain or two.
My biggest concern atm is Mrs coming home from work safe!
- Location
- Cirencester
50ac of tillage radish to bang in next week and game covers when seeds arrive.
fermec860
Member
- Location
- Warwicshire
If you don’t mind me asking roughly how much per acre for tillage radish seed
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
We have the last 37a ready to drill .and still waiting for a licence from the home office to grow hemp.we have been 3 months with emails going back and forwards. Will have to decide in the next 2 or3 days .We have some spring beans so it might be those instead.its so dry with no rain for over a month I don't think we have lost much waiting
some was planned spring cropping and some is osr that although looking good is riddled with CSFB larvae so has to go
- Location
- Cirencester
I am unsure, think the agronomist mention
It's a blend of 40% Tillage Radish, 30% Oil Radish and 30% Mustard, works out at £22.50/ha delivered, 9kg/ha
rob h
Member
- Location
- east yorkshire
The best crop we had spun on and disked in first week of may.home seed harvested November 2t a. Not something i want to repeat but turned out ok
- Location
- North West
Beet going in today.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Finished today. Kale for the shoot ....er sheep. Hoping it will get some rain this coming week otherwise it won’t come to much.
Devil's advocate
Member
- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
- Location
- North West
Devil's advocate
Member
- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Thanks I enjoyed that.
Suprised that you have access to such modern beet kit, in an area without a sugar beet base.
Lots of fodder beet grown near Barnsley & it does really well on all soil types because it is virgin land to beet. But the contracters who do the work travel from the sugar beet land near Doncaster.
- Location
- North West
We use to run our own matrot 6 row sp back when we grew sugar beet, then went into fodder beet as we had the kit. Keep growing less and less beet now so sold the harvester probably 5 years ago and just get a local contractor in to dig them. It works out cheaper than running our own harvester and we gain another driver which helps. Still do a bit of contract beet drilling so it’s still worth while running the drill.
fermec860
Member
- Location
- Warwicshire
Thanks will watch the weather and see what rain we get
