- Location
- Lincolnshire
We used to do another 200 acres stubble to stubble. One thing I’d never do is agree a fixed price stubble to stubble.
I’d also say the jobs like spraying probably used as much time, diesel and tyre wear getting there as they used in the field.
It’s a mugs game in my view. Maybe there is enough left to share out on easy land but difficult land costs more to do and sometimes disappoints with yields so in my view CFA on difficult land is a non starter. Direct drilling spring barley here on the sand for ourselves is fine. It’s the most profitable way. If we threw the kitchen sink at it wouldn’t do any better. There’s £100 an acre profit in it. Why split it? It doesn’t make it bigger.
I’d also say the jobs like spraying probably used as much time, diesel and tyre wear getting there as they used in the field.
It’s a mugs game in my view. Maybe there is enough left to share out on easy land but difficult land costs more to do and sometimes disappoints with yields so in my view CFA on difficult land is a non starter. Direct drilling spring barley here on the sand for ourselves is fine. It’s the most profitable way. If we threw the kitchen sink at it wouldn’t do any better. There’s £100 an acre profit in it. Why split it? It doesn’t make it bigger.