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Last year there was no one local to us interested in it (Bedfordshire).
We ended up pushing it into heaps with the handler and setting fire to it.
Make sure you notify the fire brigade when you start and stop.
It doesn't burn very well in rows, but by heck it got hot in heaps.
Apparently it burns too hot for the power stations and the one in Ely had to have a new boiler as the heat buckled it. (I was told about this at the time)
Tbh if we could have chopped it we would. But all the advice we had was that it would wrap around the chopper and cause a fire so we didn't and made our own fire instead. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]why would you waste the money baling just to burn all that organic matter ?
we normally just chop and drill direct into it, can’t see any point in burning the stuff ?
But with straw looking pricey again this year i’m thinking it must have a value ?
Tbh if we could have chopped it we would. But all the advice we had was that it would wrap around the chopper and cause a fire so we didn't and made our own fire instead. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
I wasn't sure it would be ok through a 20 year old MF 36RS... Good to know about the disc drill.it’s ok through a Lexion chopper - nightmare if you try cultivate even lightly though but a disc drill direct into it is ok and by spring it’s all disappeared
Yes . I used to sell tons of it , but its hard stuff to get right . Seen bales full of dirtbrilliant stuff for sheep i've heard @Derrick Hughes ?
I wasn't sure it would be ok through a 20 year old MF 36RS... Good to know about the disc drill.
Slightly OT, but stripper header works well.
Yes . I used to sell tons of it , but its hard stuff to get right . Seen bales full of dirt
I was paid £9 per big Heeston last year! They baled and collectedwhat’s its value vs wheat straw ? more ? less ? same ?
I was paid £9 per big Heeston last year! They baled and collected
Used in a Furness drying grain.
3.2 bales/ha get it gone I say I would only push it up and burn it! Topdown and linseed straw not a great match! ?does not sound a lot given the off take, traffic and hassle ?
how many bales per acre ? i would imagine it weighs heavy in a bale ?
i don’t understand why a farmer would ever burn carbon ? it’s literally setting fire to your profits ?
if you can’t sell it as linseed straw sell it as wheat in a few years time surely ?
That’s the trouble.You might be so sick of the sight of it come October that you'd wished you had spent a few hours taking it into heaps.