Stubble turnips / forage crops

[moomoo112]

Does any grow stubble turnips or forage crops? Or charge others for the crop on a per headage basis?

Thinking of doing it this winter on some spare land but not sure what the going rate is and if it would be economical to do?

Any help appreciated

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Where are you ?
Return will just about cover your costs

 

[moomoo112]

County Durham

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I Wouod not cutivate ground just to sell turnips where i am ,there would need to be a reason to grow them , land reclanation , i can get just as much from renting the grass , i believe arable farmers do it for the benefit it brings to the soil and not the finacial gain

 

[Mc115reed]

I Wouod not cutivate ground just to sell turnips where i am ,there would need to be a reason to grow them , land reclanation , i can get just as much from renting the grass , i believe arable farmers do it for the benefit it brings to the soil and not the finacial gain

Had this argument with a landlord the other day, if your growing turnips too try and turn a profit you need too put on some water proofs, buy some electric fencing kit and get out in the trenches and do the work in winter… you’ll not profit from the watching from the gate but you will profit from how they improve your the land/ the following crop

But too throw some numbers out there for the op I pay £40 in July and £30 per acre in august for a bare stubble and I do all the work … if you do all the work and I pay 65pence per head .. if you grow a really good crop you could see a return of up too £200 an acre but if not you grow a bad one you could get £10 an acre… that’s the risk you take if you want too do not get by headage

 

[Bigsingle]

I ploughed, powerharrowed twice and got 13 acre sown with an air seeded in mid June and not a single seed grew, only weeds, l worked it again an sowed it broadcast and it's abit better could it have been sown to deep

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Yes but surly not every seed to deep

 

[Bigsingle]

That what l thought, but of course it's couldn't be the seed. That's what barnburg sales women said. That guy has sown it with that seeded for 10 years and alway grown a nice crop, a mystery

 

[sheepdogtrail]

If by chance it was placed to deep you still might have a chance of seeing some nice plants appear. Just when that could happen is a guess.

Where did the air seeder place the seeds? After the tines on the PH or behind the roller if one was used?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I can start a list that others can add to if the please
Slugs
Flea Beetle,
Residual Sprays
To Wet , if rolled with a flat roller and wet after even worse , ring role works better
To dry
To Deep , drills on stubble are hard to keep up
Poor wet land , if they see rushes they will run and hide
On poorer land sow rape and ryegrass, if the rape fails the Ryegrsss will still produce a crop
I can remember back in the 70ts was a very popular crop when RVP Italian Ryegrass was all the go ,

 

[Bigsingle]

The last time that field had rape in it it was 3 feet tall. Will probably sow it broadcast again next year but with more seed. A million seed and nearer non grow.

 

[pellow]

This year is the worst take I have ever had, both forage rape and stubble turnips, going to be some big bulbs on the turnips

 

[Bob the beef]

My forage crops were dd’d into burnt off grass in decent conditions, but constant wet since has buggered up germination. Meadow grass has gone rampant, bit bother with slugs and all in all looking at a very average crop atm

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Surprising how they come on , but best thing you can do in these conditions is keep the flat roller off them

 

[thorpe]

the last time we grew them 37 acres , flat lift combi drill roll nitrogen , mate finished 600 hogg's he was happy and we had good crops of fodder beet and spring barley after!