Inaccurate drilling

[carbonfibre farmer]

I was at a presentation from a farmer who had been on a study tour in nz the other week, 1 guy broadcast his wheat then disced it in, plenty pgr and N. Budget on 13.5 ton and often achieving over 15!
3 years grass in his rotation though.

Without delving too much, was the seed brought in or home saved and was it dressed seed?

 

[scholland]

Without delving too much, was the seed brought in or home saved and was it dressed seed?

No idea, sorry. We were pushed for time so the presentation was a highlights reel.

 

[Cowcorn]

24m on the button, measured them!! With no tramlines you end up with greens come combining, I have found this on headland tramlines that I dont put in when using the combi in wet condition.

Tthat is exactly why back in the day when roundup was to expensive for anything other than couch control well laid out tramlines and row crops were essential to miminise green grain. Back then 12 metre tramlines were standard and driving on crop was the big no no esp on malting barley or milling wheat.

 

[fred.950]

Tthat is exactly why back in the day when roundup was to expensive for anything other than couch control well laid out tramlines and row crops were essential to miminise green grain. Back then 12 metre tramlines were standard and driving on crop was the big no no esp on malting barley or milling wheat.

At 12 m tramlines that’s a lot of crop to drive on but we are at 36m and never drill tramlines and only ever pre harvest glyphosate rape and we don’t always do that. Green grains really aren’t a problem.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

So @fenhayman i would say judging by this thread attitudes have changed. My Grandad would have gone nuts if there had been gaps or overlaps like we have now. But at the end of the day a few gaps and overlaps don’t really matter.

 

[Zebbedee]

we had an amazone 3mtr which would only cover 2.9mtrs with the coulters pushed all the way out.

That is bang on though,

 

[Pilatus]

Slightly off topic.
I see a few farmers are going up to 36mtr wide sprayers.Are there a few 40mtr wide sprayers about or are they TOO wide to be practical,as well as cost and strength of booms?
Also the question of evenly spreading solid fertiliser at 40mtrs would have to be looked into.

 

[Matt77]

Got one large neighbour on 40m, he’s still spreading prill, looks like they pick the stillest of days for spreading though, I had heard of another neighbour considering 48m, I think he’s liquid fert though.

 

[Brisel]

The Dutch tend to go for wider booms and slower speeds at higher water volumes than us. Over 36m is much more common over there.

 

[DrWazzock]

The Dutch tend to go for wider booms and slower speeds at higher water volumes than us. Over 36m is much more common over there.

Lovely flat square fields over there on the whole. We'd struggle here with high bits and hollows across more than 24m.

Didn't see much zero till in Holland either. It all seemed to be plough and power Harrow Combi.

 

[neilo]

Lovely flat square fields over there on the whole. We'd struggle here with high bits and hollows across more than 24m.

Didn't see much zero till in Holland either. It all seemed to be plough and power Harrow Combi.

Is there anything ‘lovely’ about flat, square fields? It must be like much of eastern England, on steroids.

Just saying.

 

[idgni]

I always think anyone who’s never had a drilling mishap hasn’t really done any

Yup. And it’ll always be in the middle of a hillside facing the road for good measure !

 

[Pilatus]

Is there anything ‘lovely’ about flat, square fields? It must be like much of eastern England, on steroids.

Just saying.

At least nowadays you can say “Left those gaps for the Sklarks as much more natural than square patches,and I also left some gaps for the hares so as to comply with such and such a scheme”.

 

[New Puritan]

Is there anything ‘lovely’ about flat, square fields? It must be like much of eastern England, on steroids.

Just saying.

Yes! I dream of those types of fields, instead of cocking about with the awkward ones I've got.

 

[neilo]

Yes! I dream of those types of fields, instead of cocking about with the awkward ones I've got.

When I came to look at this place I got quite excited by a 60ac offlying block that was originally in 16 fields, all bounded by hedgerows. Mostly refenced now, with most hedges restored through laying and/or gapping up. There’s still a 9.5ac field there, but planning on splitting that in half before long.

I wouldn’t want to be Corning those fields, and feel a bit of a tit unfolding a 24m sprayer in a 2ac field, but ideal for rotational grazing.

 

[New Puritan]

@neilo - I agree - I like small fields - as it's more satisfying to get a small field done rather than a quarter of a big field done in a day or whatever. I just wish my fields had straight edges instead of loads of difficult bloody corners.

 

[oakleaf]

When I came to look at this place I got quite excited by a 60ac offlying block that was originally in 16 fields, all bounded by hedgerows. Mostly refenced now, with most hedges restored through laying and/or gapping up. There’s still a 9.5ac field there, but planning on splitting that in half before long.

I wouldn’t want to be Corning those fields, and feel a bit of a tit unfolding a 24m sprayer in a 2ac field, but ideal for rotational grazing.

I have from time to time sprayed a one acre field with my 24m. Only unfolded to 12m though because there is a pole in it!

 

[Cordiale]

We don’t have any issues with ours in RTK at all (but run the drill at 5.96m) - farm looks a picture, no misses or overlaps, drill drivers had a good Christmas bonus this time

Perhaps you could tell my boss that!!!!

 

[Chae1]

Perhaps you could tell my boss that!!!!

Clive's looking for another tractor driver, nows your chance!