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Too make up for not being off for an early spring cereal?
You'd be hard pressed to do any field work before end of Feb surely?
Too make up for not being off for an early spring cereal?
One of the farms I’m on is that Sandy and dry they start drilling as soon as I’ve finished each plot. 2nd week of January this time we were still wading at home then!!You'd be hard pressed to do any field work before end of Feb surely?
A all grass farm is worlds apart to someone who is removing nutrients and om with a grain cropYou 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]
Not if in front of salad spuds going in in end April mayToo make up for not being off for an early spring cereal?
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
The Aker is a little known form of currency used in a small republic in West WalesSince when was cow slurry measured in acres?
Since I don't have a tanker and it's like the M25 of tankership passing my drive this week , I ain't counting , just leave them to it [emoji1787]Since when was cow slurry measured in acres? [emoji23]
Since I don't have a tanker and it's like the M25 of tankership passing my drive this week , I ain't counting , just leave them to it [emoji1787]
I have to pay for haulage , may have to reduce my clover expectationsIt's certainly good fertiliser, especially if it's delivered in free, but your fields will be as weedy as a dairy farmer's next year. Have you got the dock spray in the shed ready?
That's insensitive posting that when we still in drought conditions, the Country as turned upside down , we used to get all the Rain , now Kent is getting the rain and we are Turing into a desert [emoji24]What a difference a night's rains makesView attachment 976740
Since I don't have a tanker and it's like the M25 of tankership passing my drive this week , I ain't counting , just leave them to it [emoji1787]
Should be even more available thenIt's all change though regarding the amount of muck
or slurry you will be allowed to apply .
New regulations and spot checks by the EA.
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 filledShould be even more available then
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
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.Spray £8
Drill £27
Firtilizer £30
Slug Pellets £6.50
Will put the seed in for free to keep you happy
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 expensiveThat 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.