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<blockquote data-quote="IEM" data-source="post: 6587525" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>I have 2 year GS4 herbal leys at home which work well. The hurdle I haven’t crossed yet is getting leys onto other people’s farms (just get the PP/aftermath). No one wants to commit for the 5 years of a CSS even if there is another £300/ha/year in the pot. The idea of having a crop in for more than a year is also totally alien to farmers who have only ever known arable. </p><p>I think a 1 year plantain/red/white clover ley would be an excellent fertility builder/soil conditioner and could pay a rent which would probably pay better than an average crop of beans.</p><p>Would use for finishing lambs and could probably grow a lot of lamb per ha. Would need some over winter crops as well probably e.g cover crops or stubble turnips. </p><p>Arable farmers would you seriously consider this as part of your rotation and what rent would you expect?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IEM, post: 6587525, member: 13402"] I have 2 year GS4 herbal leys at home which work well. The hurdle I haven’t crossed yet is getting leys onto other people’s farms (just get the PP/aftermath). No one wants to commit for the 5 years of a CSS even if there is another £300/ha/year in the pot. The idea of having a crop in for more than a year is also totally alien to farmers who have only ever known arable. I think a 1 year plantain/red/white clover ley would be an excellent fertility builder/soil conditioner and could pay a rent which would probably pay better than an average crop of beans. Would use for finishing lambs and could probably grow a lot of lamb per ha. Would need some over winter crops as well probably e.g cover crops or stubble turnips. Arable farmers would you seriously consider this as part of your rotation and what rent would you expect? [/QUOTE]
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