Letting OSR ripen natural

[Renaultman]

Glyphosate 4 l/ha at £8/litre is £8/t. That’s expensive drying depending on your setup. What is 1-2 weeks worth at that time of year when you consider preparing the land for the next crop? You have a longer exposure to hail storms too.

Maybe 3 l/ha on the headlands and weedy patches as a minimum?

I mentioned it to my BIL who was, understandably, horrified

 

[Gav]

For anyone interested,I believe TFF member @Gav ,is or was involved in selling
“HoneyBee” swathers in the uk.
Must be a niche market for contract swathing with a wide, front of tractor mounted swather but that market may be about to get bigger.

Thanks. Yes I am the HoneyBee product specialist for the U.K. distributor. There are some 21’ machines working here but we can do widths from 15’ to 36’ to go on either the front or rear of a tractor (reverse drive only). At least one of the users is also a member on here.