we have plenty of farm walks and visitors here every year, quite a few TFF members have visited over the years
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- Thread starter Clive
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we have plenty of farm walks and visitors here every year, quite a few TFF members have visited over the years
Really impressed with this drill so far and operator loves it
Tractor coping just fine on some of our more hilly ground in sticky conditions through heavy showers this morning
Tractor coping just fine on some of our more hilly ground in sticky conditions through heavy showers this morning
OSR drilling today, Tractor is well on top of the job, 12kph, could pull faster but what's the point with a spot rate of near 30ac /hr !
10kgs/ha of farm saved seed (approx 200plants) VRA
100kgs /ha DAP VRA
Calcifert prilled lime VRA
Had a play with the drone , phone and a go pro with @Chris F this morning and made a film !
10kgs/ha of farm saved seed (approx 200plants) VRA
100kgs /ha DAP VRA
Calcifert prilled lime VRA
Had a play with the drone , phone and a go pro with @Chris F this morning and made a film !
Deutzdx3
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When will you apply the aminoA? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji85]
Unlikely !
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Now, I think the film is superb, the drill magnificent, the operator exemplary, the drone operator unsurpassed but the CTF is woeful ! Also a bit disappointed that I haven’t ordered a dd for this autumn.
BB
- Location
- Minehead,Somerset
That looks such a simple drill , looks good.
Two questions, I m surprised by how weedy your stubbles are , will you or have you sprayed them off?
And 2, will you roll that or not ? Just intrested.Thanks, O
Two questions, I m surprised by how weedy your stubbles are , will you or have you sprayed them off?
And 2, will you roll that or not ? Just intrested.Thanks, O
Straw was removed - straw men and CFT are not words to use in the same sentence ! our wheelings are all 12m CTF however !
no pre harvest glyphosate and that was cut early August (been waiting for straw to go)
will get glyphosate now though
we are double rolling OSR this year yes, I think it helps re slugs and CSFB but I might be wasting my time !
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Tell me about it, and I’m not even CTF! Straw removed to ease drilling and avoid hairpining or another reason. Sold lots of straw last year and made good money doing so, only sold winter barley straw this year, plan on nothing next year.
BB
sold because it was good money again, will be coming back as muck / compost and straw.
pre OSR straw is not a good thing with a disc drill IMO (slugs and hair pinning )
It is a shame re the CTF though as you say but at least ground conditions were good when they were driving about it, I had a dig and don't think much damage has been done
Surprised no one has picked up on the Calcifert placement ? We are doing some trial work of different rates of placement under OSR, I think it could work very well based on past trials with the 750a and prilled lime under OSR
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- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
haha - hadn't even noticed the "weeds"
over here, we would have just run a spray rig maybe a day or two in front ? Or in such a low disturbance scenario as that, we'd be quite happy to wait & run the spray rig a few days behind the planter ( assuming weather forecasts were ok, but no chance of rain here anyway at the moment )
a question in return
why would you even consider rolling behind that planter ?
what would it achieve ?
its already getting excellent row closure & seed / soil contact . . .
benferg
Member
- Location
- North Canterbury, NZ
Clive, when you look back at the journey you have taken with your cropping program you must be amazed at how things have changed.
I just wish some of my guys wouldn’t stuff their winter feed crops so we could direct drill more!!
This from a guy that just bought a Vaderstad opus ??
I just wish some of my guys wouldn’t stuff their winter feed crops so we could direct drill more!!
This from a guy that just bought a Vaderstad opus ??
Spray glyphosate a day or 2 later is the thing to do - but the pendants on here will tell you glyphosate label says pre drilling ......... so we do it the day befure of course
(Rather that rely on a very early pre harvest application ;-) )Rolling osr in the uk is about slugs - it seems to help a lot even when ground is already in good shape but may well be a waste of time I agree
It’s certainly changed a fair bit over the years but zerotill isn’t a massive step from min-till biggest difference being the size of the tractors and the spring and cover crops
My deep cultivation mistake after spreading biosolids this year has reminded me how much work cultivation is and how pointless it is - I’m glad I messed up and did it if for no other reason than to remind me of that !
I read that as that was what the delivery date from his dealer is
Yes that’s what I’m saying too,
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I would be looking further afield if I was you. Hungary, Poland, Germany and Czech would be where I’d start searching. There were 2 on Agriaffares a few months ago.