Have you changed your cropping strategy for 20/21? (Winter crops vs Spring crops Poll)

[Joe92]

Many didnt plant winter crops due to weather in 19/20 and I am curious about how this affects ones decision for winter/spring crops the next season 20/21?

I suspect this might have an obvious answer, but I would love some answers because I am not familiar with farming and I am doing research on this topic for my job.

Thanks

 

[Brisel]

Of course most planted less winter crops than they wanted to. A better question might be "are you increasing your % of intended winter crops as a result of 2019/20's experiences?"

 

[bankrupt]

"are you increasing your % of intended winter crops as a result of 2019/20's experiences?"

No, reducing from 130% planted to 100.

 

[teslacoils]

Ideally I'd like to follow all my crops with winter crops this year. But at 50ac beans and 50ac wheat I ought get it done.

 

[ajd132]

More winter crops but that’s just how it planned out, not really a reaction to this year. Going to roll the dice and Direct drill 1000 acres of farm saved osr (With buckwheat and clover) as it’s going to be such an early harvest. If it fails not really anything to worry about, I would have planted a catch crop anyway, it just has some rape seed in it!

 

[yellow belly]

we will reduce spring cropping back to 50% from 80%

 

[Joe92]

No, reducing from 130% planted to 100.

Just to help me understand, when your saying your reducing from 130% to 100% what do you mean?

My understanding: with a given amount of hectars of land you can plant, you could plant 100% of that with a winter crop, but then there would 0% spring crop that season. Am I mistaken?

Of course most planted less winter crops than they wanted to. A better question might be "are you increasing your % of intended winter crops as a result of 2019/20's experiences?"

What I was after as you helped point to is: Is your % of intended winter crops similar or higher to what you intended to plant in the 2019/20 season prior to the weather impact?

 

[bankrupt]

reducing from 130% to 100% what do you mean?

Intending 100% but hoping not to have to plant 30% twice.

 

[Hesstondriver]

Im certainty getting the vibe that there wont be any 'delayed drilling' round here. i think many people will be pushing to get drilled by 1st October . once bitten, twice shy etc

 

[Boysground]

2 Farms here, the one with the dairy will have the same amount as usual, all late drilled after maize and grass. The arable farm will have less winter cropping as no winter barley. Black grass control has been rubbish and I dont want WB after that. So probably at least 50% spring drilled Barley and Beans.

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[Wombat]

Im certainty getting the vibe that there wont be any 'delayed drilling' round here. i think many people will be pushing to get drilled by 1st October . once bitten, twice shy etc

Would need to be all drilled up by the 23rd Sept here if it was to repeat so that won;t be happening.

Might still be cutting Jan drillled wheat at the rate its ripening

 

[Hesstondriver]

Would need to be all drilled up by the 23rd Sept here if it was to repeat so that won;t be happening.

Might still be cutting Jan drillled wheat at the rate its ripening

What are you going to do with yourself for 7 days between finishing drilling and start of shooting season ??!!

 

[Farma Parma]

Winter Cropping better suited to Land here but i have some forced spring anyways because of HLS & i grow Peas which are Spring anyways so it some cases it helps
Winter Barley will out yield SB easily by a ton plus tho every year

 

[Wombat]

What are you going to do with yourself for 7 days between finishing drilling and start of shooting season ??!!

The day job

 

[Brisel]

What are you going to do with yourself for 7 days between finishing drilling and start of shooting season ??!!

The shooting season never ends! At least it kicks off 12th August on grouse. Got make some sacrifices

 

[bankrupt]

12th August on grouse.

Biggest benefit of the late lamented 2020 drought was that the cereal harvest here would all be well done by then.

But all this hindering rain we've now had in June means that's no longer likely to be the case, worst luck.

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[Still Farming]

What is Autumn Weather going to be like?
Factors also

 

[bankrupt]

What is Autumn Weather going to be like?

Record warm and dry.

Anything planted before end of October 2020 will be beset by record levels of mildew, rust, septoria, blw, aphids and BG.

So, 0/2 here.

 

[Brisel]

What I was after as you helped point to is: Is your % of intended winter crops similar or higher to what you intended to plant in the 2019/20 season prior to the weather impact?

Slightly more winter crops than spring. Have been 50:50 in the past which has cleaned up grass weeds but has hurt in a run of late spring/early summer droughts.