Sheep keep/ stubble turnips

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
You may be underestimating Derek’s ‘40t swede’ ground;). But yes, a job to beat that return on a 6 month overwinter crop that leaves 90% of the nutrients behind for the next crop.[emoji106]
A all grass farm is worlds apart to someone who is removing nutrients and om with a grain crop
150 acres of cow slurry imported in this week alone , my aim is to maximise grass output at least cost , I don't need forage crops to do that , I'm now confident that I can go straight into a grass ley with grass without any worries , but then I've been doing it for 50 years so why should I not be
 

DanM

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Country
A all grass farm is worlds apart to someone who is removing nutrients and om with a grain crop
150 acres of cow slurry imported in this week alone , my aim is to maximise grass output at least cost , I don't need forage crops to do that , I'm now confident that I can go straight into a grass ley with grass without any worries , but then I've been doing it for 50 years so why should I not be

Since when was cow slurry measured in acres? 😂
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
He wants some slurry !!!
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neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
I’m expecting to have it totally free or paid to take it if things go bad, I have plenty of spare N units available to be filled👍🏻

Same here. I’ve already had a B&B Pig man asking if he can use some of my acres on his NVZ forms, when the time comes.
Plenty of chicken men will be in the same boat, especially one 3 miles away that’s just putting his second shed up, alongside milking 540 cows, all on 140ac alongside a river! Now I wouldn’t want the job of making his poo figures add up.🤐

Another, much bigger, local dairyman is letting everyone know that he’s worked out he’ll need access to another 1000ac for slurry spreading!
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
That is an expensive way of doing it! Our seed this year is £13.50 an acre for a more diverse mix, broadcast by a sprayer with spinners on the boom £6.66 an acre then fertiliser is around £30 an acre.
If you want to grow a crop on a grassland farm you first have to stop the grass growing and find some soil , I said it was expensive
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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