But it's absolutely evenly distributed across all three fields of ours.
Very strange that one batch of commercial seed should suffer from intermediate ears naturally occurring in the breeding process and another to be completely free.
Kws funky winter barley
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But it's absolutely evenly distributed across all three fields of ours.
Very strange that one batch of commercial seed should suffer from intermediate ears naturally occurring in the breeding process and another to be completely free.
What I had intended to do was to insist that last autumn's Funky seed suppliers put in new seed for this autumn at close to our own cost of production.
The NIAB soon put a stop to any chance of that.
Now I'm just gong to ignore the problem, grow on our own contaminated seed, and wait to see what more's going to hit the fan about this, this time next year.
The very least KWS now need to do is to put out a statement clearly explaining quite why some batches of commercial Funky seed delivered onto farm last autumn contained a very large number of 2row off-types inevitably produced during their 6row breeding programme whereas others had absolutely none.
Warp Land Farmer
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- Hazzard County
Has anyone any yield results yet? Is Funky staying with you for next year?
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- Essex/Herts Border
Asked my Frontier rep earlier about Funky seed for this Autumn, told me he was pretty sure there wasn't any but is double checking. Might have a look at KWS Orwell instead if there isn't any seed.
Have they sold out
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- Essex/Herts Border
I'd guess so, doubt there was that much available anyway, might try another contact tomorrow.
Warp Land Farmer
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- Hazzard County
I was offered some yesterday at £380/tonne with SPD
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
There is a reasonable amount of Funky around in the market so you shouldn't have that much trouble finding some.
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- Essex/Herts Border
Where from please?
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- North Norfolk
Cut our first field of Funky this year yesterday, ran about 4t/ac. Not quite so much straw as previous years, but not as little as we feared in the spring.
Seed&Grain
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We have two good seed crops of Funky, one harvested light Norfolk 160T off 15.5 Ha, the other harvesting today. So very good variety and we have plenty of seed!
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- Snodland kent
I was due to have some Funky last autumn but seed lot got accidently contaminated with a 2 row seed lot, wonder whether some still made it though to the bagging plant?
Devon James
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- Devon
So grown as a first cereal after a break crop?
Seed&Grain
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Sort of, the Norfolk crop after Maize!
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- the brecks norfolk
Grown by @sjt01 ????
dirty harry
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- east of east midlands!
Just cut ours today, grain v dry (10-13%), straw still v green in places though. Million dollar question yield, the waterlogged bits (bust drain) not v great, the normal bits circa 9ton/ha, the really growy soil upwards of 11, will av about 9.5, but guessing slightly based on trailer weigher (which is calibrated)! Overall very happy, & lots of nice straw!!
Seed&Grain
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Yes indeed, good variety very good grower!