Harry`s Farm AB6

[colhonk]

Whats this AB6 he was on about, leaving stubble over winter and get £522 pounds a hec. Been trawling through dozens of gov. uk pages where they say a lot but typicaly tell you nothing.

 

[DRC]

AB6: Enhanced overwinter stubble

Find out about eligibility and requirements for the enhanced overwinter stubble option.

www.gov.uk

 

[DRC]

It’s an option as part of a mid or higher tier stewardship agreement .

 

[Jo28]

We've considered it instead of osr, however we are not sure that just having ab6 and nothing else would be accepted??

 

[Clive]

Whats this AB6 he was on about, leaving stubble over winter and get £522 pounds a hec. Been trawling through dozens of gov. uk pages where they say a lot but typicaly tell you nothing.

it’s a CSS. option

we will likely have a lot of it,

his video summed up almost exactly the budgets / conclusions we have been making this last week

 

[Farma Parma]

ive got sum but only doing what i want to do it go's against everything i want out of this job
it will be like a wild scrub tho after 10months you cant even top it unlike previous similar option in HLS
some of the land will be mucked tho after then & all ploughed in.
I can have none or upto 30ha in my scheme.

 

[Hindsight]

it’s a CSS. option

we will likely have a lot of it,

his video summed up almost exactly the budgets / conclusions we have been making this last week

five year commitment?

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Is it not going to end up a load of seeding weeds and crap?

 

[colhonk]

As above ? so you have to be in some sort of scheme before using this option and have to have it for 5 years, and let the weeds grow rampant in each field so even more sprays will be needed in the future, or they seem to be pushing the organic route ,

 

[Farma Parma]

five year commitment?

Yes but you can choose what field or several or none year by year. plenty of flexibility
£522/ha zero risk its not gonna make you rich or pay many bills but its better than loosing money i guess.

 

[Farma Parma]

As above ? so you have to be in some sort of scheme before using this option and have to have it for 5 years, and let the weeds grow rampant in each field so even more sprays will be needed in the future, or they seem to be pushing the organic route ,

you cant spray off the previous crop woth glysophate neither but you can use selective herbicides through the following growing season
Stuff it it go be a wilderness. I'll top it all & bury the lot with the plough 10months later

 

[Farma Parma]

Ive seen Harrys Video & great respect for the man but lets face it he can afford to stop farming its just a hobby to him.

 

[Steevo]

Was watching his video about that this morning.

It made me think what a mess the country is in when our own government have made growing a commercial crop like OSR so risky that farmers feel they are left with little alternative option that they are keen to sign up to a scheme conveniently run by the government. Talk about making people dependent upon the state.

I wonder if those firms building HS2 are issued with a link to a PDF document online telling them how much per cube the government will pay for concrete, how much for sleepers and railway lines etc. Of course those rates and specs would only apply to UK contractors…foreign contractors are welcome to use lower spec materials to help keep the cost down.

 

[Grass And Grain]

If following winter cereals for the extended overwinter stubble, would we expect a whole lot of cereal volunteers, and hence not a very good break crop?

Anyone grown wheat after AB6? Successful or takeall bridge?

 

[Farma Parma]

If following winter cereals for the extended overwinter stubble, would we expect a whole lot of cereal volunteers, and hence not a very good break crop?

Anyone grown wheat after AB6? Successful or takeall bridge?

tell the combine man to set his machine & you wont get that much !! mine is a 2nd wheat crop atm so it wont be much of an issue & all the straw be baled up.

 

[teslacoils]

Anyone grown wheat after AB6? Successful or takeall bridge?

Successful. Gets a fair bit of groundsel if you pick the wrong field.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Successful. Gets a fair bit of groundsel if you pick the wrong field.

How come the cereal volunteers don't create a takeall problem?

 

[Grass And Grain]

Suppose it would work after spring barley and some decent winter frosts.

 

[Grass And Grain]

I'd like to see a CS/SFI option of extended late summer/autumn sown cover crop, but with flexibility to spray off on 15th May for grassweed control.

 

[teslacoils]

How come the cereal volunteers don't create a takeall problem?

Suppose it depends on the volunteer burden.

I've followed ab6 with wheat and also grass. Grass was a bit crappy. Wheat was ace.