- Location
- Bedfordshire
Having pulses closer than 1 in 6 is asking for trouble too.
Heavy land crop rotations without OSR
- Thread starter teslacoils
- Start date
SilliamWhale
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Ok sure. But you get my gist.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think we ask for trouble growing wheat too close together. It's why I'm putting a fair few eggs in the grass basket. I think my daddy is going towards the wheat / fallow route with some kind of cover in-between .
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
ive yet to have confirmation that the derogation is in force from defra ,think we should have had a confirming set in stone e mail at least ,unless ive missed it
Jo28
Member
- Location
- East Yorks
Can they not breed in resistance to csfb into a new variety? Is that possible?
I’d love to grow more grass, but unless there’s a stewardship payment attached, it’s hard to make it pay , unless your producing real high end stuff for racing yards
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Local dairy are having mine. Seemed a wise move as I have no outlet for it this year.
Most around here had a good forage year last season, with grass coming out of their ears. It’s feast or famine unless you can team up with someone. They all want maize here
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Self help. Need to check RPA and Defra website regularly. That is how comms are these day.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/three-crop-rule-relaxed-and-6-million-fund-for-farmers
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Any land that will grow maize round here will realistically be beet or potatos. Maize goes to digesters. I'll crack this grass one way.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
The trouble is that everybody is trying to grow the stuff for racing yards, me included.
In 2018 i had a merchant from 50 miles away come and buy the lot from me at a really good price.
He knows I have got the same this year, but has other suppliers much closer. So my stack hasn’t moved a bale this season.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
The only real pest issues here with canola are aphids & heliothis caterpillars at flowering
can you grow safflower in the UK ?
can you grow safflower in the UK ?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I believe it's possible, but not sure if commercial. It would fall under the banner of may sown small seeds, so tricky for heavy land.
A fair few weird and wonderful pharmaceutical crops have been tried in the UK, but often they have fallen victim to the "sell them dear seed and a promise of riches" with the latter being conspicuous in their absence.
And with the recession that's about to hit that job's going to be a disaster anyway.
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Niche crops are niche for a reason?!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yup. I think mentioning :
Ahiflower
Camelia
Hemp
Would elicit many more groans than cheers.
I toyed with maple peas or sunflowers for the small bag trade but the hassle outweighed the profit.
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
Does no one read the Farmers Weekly? Every week there's a new crop and an easy way to get rich!
- Location
- Huntingdon
would borage be an option ?
i think it is important what you want to achieve out your break crop,
does it need to make a profit, break even or would a non cash 'profit' that improved the profitability of the rest of the rotation be considered?
i think it is important what you want to achieve out your break crop,
does it need to make a profit, break even or would a non cash 'profit' that improved the profitability of the rest of the rotation be considered?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Every crop needs to make a profit. At least a small one.