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B'o'B

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Arable Farmer
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Brisel

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Arable Farmer
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Midlands
when and how was that planted?

20 kg/ha broadcast into a standing wheat crop in late July with a pneumatic fertiliser spreader. Combined 4 days later & straw chopped, leaving a longish stubble. 10mm rain a week later. That's all. Where I had a longer gap between broadcasting and combining the establishment was far lower at around 50%. Still a nice cover but nothing like as thick as this one.
 

delilah

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"If fresh food is necessary to health in man and beast, then that food must be provided not only from our own soil but as near as possible to the sources of consumption"
Lady Eve Balfour, co-founder the Soil Association.

ie. Soil yes, but also food miles. It's all connected.
 
20 kg/ha broadcast into a standing wheat crop in late July with a pneumatic fertiliser spreader. Combined 4 days later & straw chopped, leaving a longish stubble. 10mm rain a week later. That's all. Where I had a longer gap between broadcasting and combining the establishment was far lower at around 50%. Still a nice cover but nothing like as thick as this one.
Why can't it be grazed? I've grazed a similar mix with swaledale and they ate most of it. Linseed was leaf stripped but stems left and phacaleia was grazed to stems and trampled. Holds condition well and 4ac at 60cm height in Sept held 120ewes till end of Nov that year. Abit loose behind due to the buckwheat and once thst was eaten muck firmed up.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 77 43.5%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 62 35.0%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 28 15.8%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 4 2.3%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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