Scholarship study

[JAB]

I have an opportunity to apply for a scholarship to study a topic related to no-till. Here is what I’d like to find in the U.K. (I’m from the states)

I’d like to visit a couple of farms (if Covid will go away and allow travel) that are successfully conquering grassy weeds (black grass, ryegrass) in no-till, diversified rotations, and perhaps livestock integration as well. Wheat, barley, rapeseed rotations are most applicable to my farming region (as opposed to corn, potatoes).

Please let me know if you have any ideas. Open to anywhere in U.K.

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Durry cows]

@Rob Holmes ?

 

[Rob Holmes]

@Rob Holmes ?

Think @Clive and @martian are ideal candidates

 

[martian]

Depends what you mean by conquered grass weeds...we and grassy weeds have an understanding...
Anyway, happy to help, Jeremy, if you can't find anyone better.

 

[JAB]

Depends what you mean by conquered grass weeds...we and grassy weeds have an understanding...
Anyway, happy to help, Jeremy, if you can't find anyone better.

@martian

I am pretty sure my word “conquered” was over-dramatized through autocorrect. Meant “controlled.”

My desire would be to visit farms where annual grassy weeds are being controlled (where they once were very problematic) through a system’s approach, and ideally it would be great to visit a researcher or two who have worked specifically on that topic as well (if there are any).

We have several annual grassy weeds that are becoming herbicide resistant, and some are resistant to all modes of action that could have been effective- mainly ryegrass, but also downy brome and rattail fescue. This is mainly due to crappy rotations that are basically a wheat monoculture.

Researchers here have been focusing on mechanical means of weed seed destruction, tillage, burning, and other etc. means that don’t require growers to take a systems approach, and which forfeit conservation ag principles.

I have been researching rotation solutions to these problems, but need some more out of the box thinking, hence why I’m interested in visiting any U.K. farms/researchers that have things to teach on this. Also - it would be a great excuse to get to know some of you.

That’s really what I’m after, and if you or other farmers you know might have something to offer in this regard, let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeremy

 

[ajd132]

@martian

I am pretty sure my word “conquered” was over-dramatized through autocorrect. Meant “controlled.”

My desire would be to visit farms where annual grassy weeds are being controlled (where they once were very problematic) through a system’s approach, and ideally it would be great to visit a researcher or two who have worked specifically on that topic as well (if there are any).

We have several annual grassy weeds that are becoming herbicide resistant, and some are resistant to all modes of action that could have been effective- mainly ryegrass, but also downy brome and rattail fescue. This is mainly due to crappy rotations that are basically a wheat monoculture.

Researchers here have been focusing on mechanical means of weed seed destruction, tillage, burning, and other etc. means that don’t require growers to take a systems approach, and which forfeit conservation ag principles.

I have been researching rotation solutions to these problems, but need some more out of the box thinking, hence why I’m interested in visiting any U.K. farms/researchers that have things to teach on this. Also - it would be a great excuse to get to know some of you.

That’s really what I’m after, and if you or other farmers you know might have something to offer in this regard, let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeremy

Welcome to come here. We used to have we used to have enourmous quantities of blackgrass, we now just have a lot!

 

[holmes65]

@martian

I am pretty sure my word “conquered” was over-dramatized through autocorrect. Meant “controlled.”

My desire would be to visit farms where annual grassy weeds are being controlled (where they once were very problematic) through a system’s approach, and ideally it would be great to visit a researcher or two who have worked specifically on that topic as well (if there are any).

We have several annual grassy weeds that are becoming herbicide resistant, and some are resistant to all modes of action that could have been effective- mainly ryegrass, but also downy brome and rattail fescue. This is mainly due to crappy rotations that are basically a wheat monoculture.

Researchers here have been focusing on mechanical means of weed seed destruction, tillage, burning, and other etc. means that don’t require growers to take a systems approach, and which forfeit conservation ag principles.

I have been researching rotation solutions to these problems, but need some more out of the box thinking, hence why I’m interested in visiting any U.K. farms/researchers that have things to teach on this. Also - it would be a great excuse to get to know some of you.

That’s really what I’m after, and if you or other farmers you know might have something to offer in this regard, let me know.

Thanks again,
Jeremy

Might be worth getting in touch with Agrovista's project lamport, or Agrii's stow longa trials work. I dont have contact details but I'm sure google would find someone for you.

 

[yellow belly]

i have reduced grass weeds to low levels with
notill
double spring break crops some time forced on us due to the weather
the use of avadex ,glyphosate and flufenacet in early drilled winter wheat

my understanding is that the palouse region has many similarities with the english conditions and combineable crop growing

we do not have glyposate resitant grass weeds
fields that have had avadex used over the years for wild oats have much less build up of herbicide resitant black grass
is avadex available in the usa

we have stopped growing rapeseed due to chemical resitant insects and now grow later spring planted break crops