Wheat drilling 2020

[DrWazzock]

No just heavy clay, if you want to reduce a kkk to the frame give it to me for 10mims
We pulled the legs of a lemken Karat style thing so a kkk has no fecking chance.

Time to grass it down

 

[Lincsman]

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Well that's 30 acres drilled since yesterday late morning. Some fairly forgiving ploughed down grass ley. Murky and drizzly the whole time. Drill tyre picked up some soil and left a bit of a wheeling. Consequence of not pulling the zigzags but they would have blocked with bits of turf and damp soil. The Reekie harrow did an excellent job but the tines behind the wheels seemed slightly short.
I have another 30 acres that was destined for wheat but its just too damn sticky. I don't think the emergency Carrier will do much good on it either. There is a limit. Will plough up some lighter sprayed off grassland and drill what seed's left there instead.
So I am at 50% drilled or it could be said to be 66%. Bit of a moving target this year.

Looks really good to me.

 

[Renaultman]

Time to grass it down

Perfect rotation around here Grass X3 Min wheat OSR wheat. Back in to grass.

 

[teslacoils]

Perfect rotation around here Grass X3 Min wheat OSR wheat. Back in to grass.

No osr here. 3*grass, 3*wheat. Back to grass. Will consider a whole crop silage or wheat for crimping in the 3rd cereal slot.

 

[Renaultman]

No osr here. 3*grass, 3*wheat. Back to grass. Will consider a whole crop silage or wheat for crimping in the 3rd cereal slot.

Not even on a one in 6: scenario? Only very few of the fields I farm are in or near that rotation. OSR around here looks quite well this year, to date.

 

[teslacoils]

Not in any hurry to have osr back. Just brings hassle and slugs.

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

No osr here. 3*grass, 3*wheat. Back to grass. Will consider a whole crop silage or wheat for crimping in the 3rd cereal slot.

What do you do with the grass

 

[teslacoils]

What do you do with the grass

I apply fert and digestate, and a local dairy silages it and pays me money. Then local graziers sheep go on it. They are about to leave after almost ten weeks.

 

[Cowcorn]

Next thing the agronomist will be wanting a 3 way stack on it. Might leave the phone off the hook till we see what we've got. Rain tomorrow isn't really what it needs either. There is no serious blackgrass problem in that field. Could we get away with just a BLW spray in the spring. That's all we needed last year on late drilled stuff.
Anyway, I'm calling it Sunday now.

Unfortunately Doc the battle with the rooks will probably be next !! Best to get that battle won before you take heed of any advice on weed control .

 

[German]

Flufenacet is the backbone. There is nothing else I would add until sure I'd put as much flufenacet on as possible. Only problem with the genetics can be seen in other chem - how many actives bite the dust within a few years of their patent expiring........

Flufenacet and Propyzamid are working better but as we are quite limited in the application of flufenacet and propyzamid can only be used in rapeseed the late application of axial is still effective. If you cant go on the fields in the spring when its to wet and the growing season starts Atlantis wont work that good.
If that doesnt help its time to till the land or use glyphos and plant barley afterwards

 

[Flat 10]

Flufenacet and Propyzamid are working better but as we are quite limited in the application of flufenacet and propyzamid can only be used in rapeseed the late application of axial is still effective. If you cant go on the fields in the spring when its to wet and the growing season starts Atlantis wont work that good.
If that doesnt help its time to till the land or use glyphos and plant barley afterwards

Why wouldn't you use atlantis etc in the autumn? Do you have avadex- tri-allate?

 

[German]

Why wouldn't you use atlantis etc in the autumn? Do you have avadex- tri-allate?

Atlantis is ground active and you are not allowed to use it on frozen ground or if it is freezing in the night.
Especially in late application after corn the conditions aren´t often met. You are only allowed to use one active ingredient one the same culture. Therefore id like to save atlantis for the spring if that makes any sense.
Especially since I am plowing after corn and ground herbicides dont work that well after.
Because of the late drilling I dont have that much trouble with blackgrass, and the official consultation advises to use Axial on days like these with no rain and freezing in the night because you can get relatively far with less.
There are a few places in Germany where axial is completly usless and I think the Farmers there go for pre emergence in the autumm and Atlantis Flex in the spring.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Still got half our WW to drill

 

[Flat 10]

Still got half our WW to drill

Winning here finally. Not much left at all. But beans not done and will probably decide to do some when more beet lifted. A lot happier than I was a fortnight ago.

 

[snarling bee]

Now given up, with 20% of autumn drilling still left to do.
Will try again when it dries up, probably end March.

 

[PSQ]

Still got half our WW to drill

We're almost a quarter of the way through the growing season up here, tick tock!

 

[Flat 10]

We're almost a quarter of the way through the growing season up here, tick tock!

Alright for some

 

[Bill Turtle]

Deer found the (undressed) seed where I have run the mechanism to check the coulters are not blocked.

 

[Will 1594]

But more sown down to last 18 ha , nice going after beet on the silts Been penning swans up to corner , soon find the tops

 

[Bill Turtle]

Last bag of the day.