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How’s your OSR looking now

T Hectares

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Berkshire
There you go @Acke, not sure what you thinking this Lumen, I think it's thin and weedy!!
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Cowcorn

Member
Mixed Farmer
There you go @Acke, not sure what you thinking this Lumen, I think it's thin and weedy!!
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Thats exactly what my spring rape looked like last year . I blamed the cold wet forthnight in june and abandoned it to its own devices. Cut it in mid October after spraying it with a whiff of dessicant which shall not be named !!!! Just under a dried ton acre so not a bad result. But advancing age and old combine do not mix well with late late show harvesting so i am sticking to August harvested crops Spring rape and beans ar a pain even when the work out .
 

T Hectares

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Berkshire
Well not so thin , possible weedy?
Have you dry conditions?
Yes it's been dry but rain recently so hopefully good now
Thats exactly what my spring rape looked like last year . I blamed the cold wet forthnight in june and abandoned it to its own devices. Cut it in mid October after spraying it with a whiff of dessicant which shall not be named !!!! Just under a dried ton acre so not a bad result. But advancing age and old combine do not mix well with late late show harvesting so i am sticking to August harvested crops Spring rape and beans ar a pain even when the work out .
I'd be very happy with a tonne an acre from this!!
 

Pebd99

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
Haven’t grown wosr for a few years. Established with a new style Moore unidrill. 3 cwt of triple 16 at sowing plus 1t/ha of fibrophos. Looks good but quite short to what I’m used to.
 

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Clive

Staff Member
Moderator
Location
Lichfield
I’ve seen a few patches of winter osr flowering again at the moment ! i mean full yellow, like secondary shoots, you would think it spring rape in the winter if you didn’t know it wasn‘t , god know when you desiccate or harvest a crop like that ?
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
I’ve seen a few patches of winter osr flowering again at the moment ! i mean full yellow, like secondary shoots, you would think it spring rape in the winter if you didn’t know it wasn‘t , god know when you desiccate or harvest a crop like that ?
I have one field like this, the rest slightly better but I predict a lot of red and shed seed. Hoping the podstick does what it says on the tin and I have the patience to hold off with the glyphosate, for the first time in my life.
 

shakerator

Member
Location
LINCS
I’ve seen a few patches of winter osr flowering again at the moment ! i mean full yellow, like secondary shoots, you would think it spring rape in the winter if you didn’t know it wasn‘t , god know when you desiccate or harvest a crop like that ?

the weather was so dry at first flowering herebasically no pods were formed , and pollen beetle kept munching any flowers which did open ! Fert overlaps fine ! Have been looking at a field of bolting cabbages for about 6 weeks hoping some more pods are going to set - I left the crop as the tap roots werestill sucking up moisture - so hopefullyscrape 1t/ha
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Osr is becoming a nightmare crop, the problem is what fills the rotation gap (profitably)

We've been having that conversation again here yesterday. The new agent here isn't keen on winter beans on chalk so I showed him some I drilled for @tw15 that look great & he hasn't spent much on them. Even 1 tonne/acre of osr grown cheaply makes most other combinable break crops look poor. This morning's job is playing around with a spreadsheet that shows the osr yield equivalent of most other break crops. No demand for maize around here and we're definitely not suited to root crops. We're not set up for grass seed either though a few locals are doing that quite well. Peas on flinty ground will break the combine and the driver! Just need to find a nurse crop to keep them standing but a spring rape companion isn't really an option.
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

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