after 5 years of ww, osr rotation and thinking that it was invincible, it has well and truly come and bit me on the arse. for 1 we had verticilium wilt in the osr and 2 slug pressure has decimated much of the winter wheat,3 blackgrass was becoming a real test. but it has taught me a bloody good lesson.
Ater doing budgets based on a 5rop rotation i.e ww,s wheat,sbeans,ww, osr. i was actually suprised that profitability wasnt that bad. and we have higher than average overheads,as we bought the farm 3 years ago. admitadly we only average 3-3.5 tonnes wheat and so for me the short term loss in gross margin is made up by other potentential long term savings, and hopefully increased yields else where.
what im trying to say is that i feel dd helps to be able to spring crop otherwise non spring cropping land and this year is actually turning into a big learning curve but with potentially positive long term efffects. well thats the plan :roll:
does any one else agree or disagree or want to share any findings
Ater doing budgets based on a 5rop rotation i.e ww,s wheat,sbeans,ww, osr. i was actually suprised that profitability wasnt that bad. and we have higher than average overheads,as we bought the farm 3 years ago. admitadly we only average 3-3.5 tonnes wheat and so for me the short term loss in gross margin is made up by other potentential long term savings, and hopefully increased yields else where.
what im trying to say is that i feel dd helps to be able to spring crop otherwise non spring cropping land and this year is actually turning into a big learning curve but with potentially positive long term efffects. well thats the plan :roll:
does any one else agree or disagree or want to share any findings