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Grass OR muck for grain yield??
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<blockquote data-quote="AT Aloss" data-source="post: 7058532" data-attributes="member: 134478"><p>All my world record & YEN winning neighbours use muck. We've been growing grass seed since my grandfather's time & grass alone may give improvements in soil quality, biodiversity & quantifiable 'health' aspects - but one thing it isn't, is a panacea for achieving high yields. Wheat after herbage seed is often the worst yielding wheat on the farm (it was last year due to frit fly, at least 20% lower). It is frequently surpassed in terms of yield as a 2nd year crop after herbage seed (so you have to assess any yield benefits over 2 years really). But with no frit fly chemistry to apply to either the following wheat seed or crop anymore, the lowest risk strategy is following it with a legume - but who really wants a 3 year break, it doesn't help you grow more wheat - but it might help with achieving a really high yielding wheat if competitions are your thing!</p><p></p><p>If you had livestock, yard muck, slurry & silage grass, well that adds something completely different into the equation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Aloss, post: 7058532, member: 134478"] All my world record & YEN winning neighbours use muck. We've been growing grass seed since my grandfather's time & grass alone may give improvements in soil quality, biodiversity & quantifiable 'health' aspects - but one thing it isn't, is a panacea for achieving high yields. Wheat after herbage seed is often the worst yielding wheat on the farm (it was last year due to frit fly, at least 20% lower). It is frequently surpassed in terms of yield as a 2nd year crop after herbage seed (so you have to assess any yield benefits over 2 years really). But with no frit fly chemistry to apply to either the following wheat seed or crop anymore, the lowest risk strategy is following it with a legume - but who really wants a 3 year break, it doesn't help you grow more wheat - but it might help with achieving a really high yielding wheat if competitions are your thing! If you had livestock, yard muck, slurry & silage grass, well that adds something completely different into the equation! [/QUOTE]
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