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With a harvest that has been dismal for most and a rotation that’s gone out of sync, the decision to stop growing oilseed rape further complicates matters. CPM looks at the possible options to fill the gap and get cashflow back on track. This harvest yields of c.2.5t/ha change the dynamics considerably. By Lucy de la Pasture Getting the rotation back on track is the best way to get farm incomes back up for harvest 2021, says Jock Willmott, specialist in crop management, arable benchmarking and machinery restructuring at Strutt & Parker. Many oilseed rape growers have taken the decision that the risk in growing the crop is no longer balanced by its reward. Looking at the results of harvest 2020, that’s the right decision where cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) have been a problem, he says. Oats had a resurgence in 2020 and could prove a good option for some farms if milling contracts are available. “The difficulty with managing CSFB is that even though adult feeding damage can be mitigated to some extent by early sowing, this provides more opportunity for the larvae to cause damage. In East Anglia we’ve just experienced the first spring where larvae…
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