Wheat drilling

[T Hectares]

Planning to start on land that has had bg on before next week,there is small patches on it so the stale seedbed has worked provided I can get it all drilled in the next couple of weeks, I wish we didn’t have any bg because it’s been bloody hard sitting around with all this good weather but I know it’s the right thing to do and going back to the old ways of early drilling is just a one way ticket to problems in future years

It is bloody hard holding back in such a great spell of weather !!

About 12 years I was working for a large business where I would often start WW drilling around 5th September, we could drill big acerages with a single drill and would often be finished around now, a WW WW OSR rotation to maximise profits....and a solo, press, Vad system to make great a seedbed...and then wall to wall black grass !!

I haven't drilled any cereals in September for three years now, and despite having a different philosophy towards farming today I still have BG in the WW as it's the weak link in the cropping, the other crops were all clean last year, but the WW is slowly improving, we will find out next May who has had the right approach !!

 

[bryon]

Finished yesterday, it looks like what remaining rolling to do will have to wait until Monday depending on what rain falls today and tomorrow.

 

[T Hectares]

If you are/were being patient and holding of drilling wheat till rain came ,how many acres/ha have you to plant and which area of the uk are you. I assume that those of you farm in the eastern counties may have drier autumn then over here in the Cotswolds, but you also have more difficult soils to contend with when they get wet. I suppose in theory whether one has 200 or 2000acres to plant you will be kitted up accordingly.
Hope all goes well when rain comes or stops!!!

I'm not a million miles from you and am being patient...

If there was no BG here I would have drilled up the farm in the last 10days, it would have been crazy for me to do so given the amount of BG that's emerged in the seedbeds in that time, the residuals would have been compromised too...

In my situation having inherited such a considerable BG issue here, the first step was to drop second wheats and W barley which of course reduces the WW area and makes it more manageable, if I still thought it unachievable after that I would consider either an extra second hand drill or a switch to a wider drill or even call a contractor in to make sure it was achievable, one thing is for certain, doing the same as before will get you nowhere...

 

[Clive]

finished last night and rolled it all

pissing down today

Do still have a bit to do after potatoes actually but not a lot, that will get done next week easy enough then straight into beans I think

 

[Mr Charisma]

600 acres of wheat drilled 170 to go

 

[Jon]

Agronomist says I can spray off and drill next week.

Will this wind allow me to spray off without eradicating neighbours crops though ?

 

[Boysground]

Agronomist says I can spray off and drill next week.

Will this wind allow me to spray off without eradicating neighbours crops though ?

Probably not the immediate neighbour. You had better warn the 1 over from that

Bg

 

[4course]

blowing a gale here dried last nights rain off in the last couple of hours so the race is on to finish tonight if the forecast rain doesnt come. The forecasts for rain have been wrong all year it seems so we must have a chance

 

[turbo]

Agronomist says I can spray off and drill next week.

Will this wind allow me to spray off without eradicating neighbours crops though ?

Same here,Monday looking good atm

 

[Neddy flanders]

Same here,Monday looking good atm

If you're on BG land, can't believe enough has chitted by October 15 this year. Perhaps it's just me.

 

[Tompkins]

Drilled 500 acres of wheat, all rolled, bit of pre-em to do Monday. Another 380 to go, mainly bad BG land and some maize stubbles. A weeks decent weather at the end of this month will be enough to get finished.

 

[yellow belly]

drilled all first wheats pre emmed before last week end

drill second wheat this week and next week instead of spring barley next spring will also redrill wheat in failing osr next week
so will have extra 300 acres wheat next harvest
bg has germinated where the soil is unmoved 75 mm since mid august in several 10 mm bouts
pre em will control the rest on notilled ground

 

[turbo]

If you're on BG land, can't believe enough has chitted by October 15 this year. Perhaps it's just me.

How long do you leave it?,most has been ln a stale seedbed for nearly a month and has had several 10 m rain events in that time,there is a nice flush coming atm but nowhere as bad as it use to be so it’s going in next week all being well

 

[moretimeforgolf]

Finished drilling our wheat today, will have to wait until Monday for the wind to die down to spray the last pre-ems.

 

[ajd132]

Just finished winter beans, got 200ha of wheat to do next week after the rain on Sunday which will take a couple of days then another 100ha the week after that if it will go, if not spring barley.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Just finished winter beans, got 200ha of wheat to do next week after the rain on Sunday which will take a couple of days then another 100ha the week after that if it will go, if not spring barley.

Would you mind telling us what drill you have as you seem to be able to crack on at a fair pace

 

[willy]

Typical low dormancy year but bigger all rain, I am going to have a go next week if I can spray

 

[Daniel]

I've thought about it, ordered some bits for the drill this afternoon.

 

[ajd132]

Would you mind telling us what drill you have as you seem to be able to crack on at a fair pace

It's a 12m Horsch sprinter. I love it.

 

[blue power]

finished last night and rolled it all

pissing down today

Do still have a bit to do after potatoes actually but not a lot, that will get done next week easy enough then straight into beans I think

Drop me a message if you need the fields cultivated