Weaving V sprinter gone Dutch

[Tomo86]

Currently running an 8m sprinter st on Dutch Coulter’s and love it but thinking about changing for a weaving GD. Would like to know everyone’s thoughts?

 

[Bman]

If you love it why change?

 

[Tomo86]

If you love it why change?

 

[Tomo86]

Only because I think payments in the future are going to be based more around direct drilling, cover crops and lower disturbance drills. Also whilst there are grants around should we be making the most of the?

 

[Bman]

That will be a legal mind field to determine low disturbance and what is deemed to of broken the rules?

 

[Reg]

Do you direct drill at the moment with the Dutch Coulter’s or do you do some degree of cultivation? Soil type/rotation?

 

[Tomo86]

Do you direct drill at the moment with the Dutch Coulter’s or do you do some degree of cultivation? Soil type/rotation?

Currently a mixture of both. If it’s land we’ve taken on with a BG problem we plough as a reset, but generally use a carrier as shallow as possible once or some time twice to prove a better flush and then subsoil headlands or DD if conditions suit. Very impressed with the Dutch and how much better it is when DDing. Have also started leaving osr volunteers as a green bridge and planting into it when is round your knees and have found it to be an advantage so far. Also surprised at how we don’t seem to have anymore slug pressure either.

 

[Tomo86]

Currently a mixture of both. If it’s land we’ve taken on with a BG problem we plough as a reset, but generally use a carrier as shallow as possible once or some time twice to prove a better flush and then subsoil headlands or DD if conditions suit. Very impressed with the Dutch and how much better it is when DDing. Have also started leaving osr volunteers as a green bridge and planting into it when is round your knees and have found it to be an advantage so far. Also surprised at how we don’t seem to have anymore slug pressure either.

Also farm a mixture of soil types from sandy loam to heavy boulder clay

 

[Mr Mole]

Stick with the Sprinter,more versatile with consistent results unlike the weaving.

 

[Old John]

Stick with the Sprinter,more versatile with consistent results unlike the weaving.

That’s that then. End of story. We all know what to do now then. It’s that simple.

 

[Mr Mole]

That’s that then. End of story. We all know what to do now then. It’s that simple.

There you go my opinion based on having both drills on farm for the last two seasons both being 8m,the Horsch just out performed the weaving,but hay its up to others to make their own minds up.