Fallow it or crop it.?

[teslacoils]

Not all of us have allowed Blackgrass to get a foothold...

at least not yet!!

There isn't much here. Leaving volunteer barley from September to harvest with no residual chem I'd say was too high risk. Not easy to rogue, made worse when it's not in a drilled crop.

In any case, I think in terms of £££ noone will offer enough to silage it, unless ad plants are short.

 

[GeorgeK]

Our clay loam is saturated but still in lovely condition, no way are any tractors going on it, I don't care what the neighbours do. Best to leave it and have a go at getting some osr in early I think

This old bus don't cost much sat in the shed!

 

[Cowcorn]

Our clay loam is saturated but still in lovely condition, no way are any tractors going on it, I don't care what the neighbours do. Best to leave it and have a go at getting some osr in early I think
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That ground is in great order, and begging to be ploughed when the March wind doth blow !!! A good crop of spring barley in around Patricks day maybe ? Still be cut in time to drill Osr . I bet you a score that barley on that well minded loam will beat fallow anytime. As well you have think of the tractor its not fair to have her all dressed and nowhere to go !

 

[Lincsman]

Our clay loam is saturated but still in lovely condition, no way are any tractors going on it, I don't care what the neighbours do. Best to leave it and have a go at getting some osr in early I think
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What are those bars welded in the rear rim for?

 

[Flat 10]

What are those bars welded in the rear rim for?

I guess french duals....

 

[GeorgeK]

That ground is in great order, and begging to be ploughed when the March wind doth blow !!! A good crop of spring barley in around Patricks day maybe ? Still be cut in time to drill Osr . I bet you a score that barley on that well minded loam will beat fallow anytime. As well you have think of the tractor its not fair to have her all dressed and nowhere to go !

Thanks, never say never! It's wetter than it looks though and the last two dry years have done so much good I'd hate to venture into it unless it's properly fit

 

[GeorgeK]

I guess french duals....

Spot on, it's imported from France

 

[Pierre]

2018 was a bloody awful spring. Can I get by with bps, mid tier, bit of silage? Not without last year's good harvest. But I'm not in it to survive, I'm in it to make money. So even if it's a disaster we'll be setting up for a good autumn planting.

This is my current head scratcher. Volunteer winter barley. It looks a carpet, but mainly as each plant has goodness knows how many tillers. It's to weedy to leave to harvest grain, but for very little cost I could put digestate on it, and a sniff of proline and a blw herbicide, then now it in June. Alternately I could spray it off in Feb and drill with oats for the grain. There are 130ac like this.

Could I ask which variety of oats you will be growing and when you will be drilling this year?

 

[teslacoils]

Could I ask which variety of oats you will be growing and when you will be drilling this year?

Canyon. Sometime between early April to early may.

 

[Pierre]

Canyon. Sometime between early April to early may.

Great. I'm looking for a site to trial a growth regulator on spring oats. If you are interested and want to discuss further please direct message me on here.

 

[Clever Dic]

So how has the last 6 weeks since the last post changed your view.?

 

[Mr Charisma]

So how has the last 6 weeks since the last post changed your view.?

Still very very wet, will need 2 to 3 dry weeks before I can think about doing anything

 

[Shughie McFee]

much worse. much much worse.

 

[teslacoils]

Wet yes. But 2012 we got some in. 2018 spring was a shitter but we got some in.

 

[Lincsman]

So how has the last 6 weeks since the last post changed your view.?

More sure by the day that no tractors will be started up until its time to cultivate for WW.

 

[som farmer]

livestock farmers could want a short crop, irg westerwold, better than fallowing it

 

[Lincsman]

livestock farmers could want a short crop, irg westerwold, better than fallowing it

How much would they pay?

 

[som farmer]

How much would they pay?

a matter for dicusion, I don't really know, depends on what crop, who does the work, what fert, how long have you got. august/ sept/oct.

 

[Brisel]

How much would they pay?

@unlacedgecko might know of a market for a short ley.

What sort of soil are you on? Lincs covers everything from sand to Grade 1 silt to chalk wolds to heathland brash to heavy clay on the fens & Trent valley floodplains

 

[teslacoils]

You'd be lucky to get £40/ac from it. Be cheaper to Harrow in spring barley and turn it into silage / ad food. Or Harrow in barley, and plough it it. Grass seed too dear for that unless for own stock.