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Organic Farming - what to consider?
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<blockquote data-quote="ploughman1963" data-source="post: 6187580" data-attributes="member: 165"><p>Dairy with arable here - year 3. Docks in grassland are controllable as we rotationally graze so we just premow before heading and do multi-cut silage on about 30 day rotation. The time they are an issue is in a drought when they run to head before the grass is ready to cut. Charlock is our main issue in arable - we grow winter oats for winter ration and that smothers everything except charlock. This winter was our first chance to tine weed the oats to try to control charlock - worst decision ever! Poorer looking oats and just as much charlock - think I am just going to save diesel and tractor hours and ignore the charlock which will get taken out when the ground goes back into grass. </p><p></p><p>I enjoy the organic and its challenges without being an evangelist about it and try to adopt many of the principles in our conventional farming activities - whats not to like about loads of clover in grass leys. Organic milk does have a worthwhile margin over conventional - I cannot see any for sheep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ploughman1963, post: 6187580, member: 165"] Dairy with arable here - year 3. Docks in grassland are controllable as we rotationally graze so we just premow before heading and do multi-cut silage on about 30 day rotation. The time they are an issue is in a drought when they run to head before the grass is ready to cut. Charlock is our main issue in arable - we grow winter oats for winter ration and that smothers everything except charlock. This winter was our first chance to tine weed the oats to try to control charlock - worst decision ever! Poorer looking oats and just as much charlock - think I am just going to save diesel and tractor hours and ignore the charlock which will get taken out when the ground goes back into grass. I enjoy the organic and its challenges without being an evangelist about it and try to adopt many of the principles in our conventional farming activities - whats not to like about loads of clover in grass leys. Organic milk does have a worthwhile margin over conventional - I cannot see any for sheep [/QUOTE]
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