- Location
- Bedfordshire
IndeedI am still shocked at how thick they are
thick crops also relate directly to increased disease & fungicide use
We normally aim for 10t/ha, even if we usually miss, but to do that we need 600 ears/m2 and therefore plant approx 350 seeds. Just like you we can only farm to the current conditions and what we can reasonably expect. We can't predict the weather. There was a swing towards lower seed rates a few years ago, in response to earlier drilling. But we found that yields dropped on our heavy clay, so I for one, have put seed rates back up. We are VR seeding now so that is a more managed approach, and our crops are more even across the soil types.
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