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Why not broadcast cereals with a fertiliser spreader to save the cost of a drill?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pilatus" data-source="post: 7823702" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>Now that grain drills are such a horrendous price, I was wondering if anybody of you have broadcast cereal seed on a field or two, as a trial .</p><p>The work rate using a fert spreader to spread cereal seed at 24mtr or more would be a game changer. If then followed with a 12mtr wide set of heavy drag harrows ( if such a set are made) to harrow the seed in, planting ones cereals would be a very quick operation.</p><p>Have any of you “tray tested” your spreader for wheat or barley to see what the spread pattern is like, so you know how much to overlap to get even seed distribution across the field, auto steer comes into own to get the job done accurately.</p><p>Also does broadcasting allow each individual seed more space to grow / tiller, unlike conventional rows as in attached pic</p><p>I ask the above as a retired farmer,seeing the price of machinery/implements going through the roof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pilatus, post: 7823702, member: 381"] Now that grain drills are such a horrendous price, I was wondering if anybody of you have broadcast cereal seed on a field or two, as a trial . The work rate using a fert spreader to spread cereal seed at 24mtr or more would be a game changer. If then followed with a 12mtr wide set of heavy drag harrows ( if such a set are made) to harrow the seed in, planting ones cereals would be a very quick operation. Have any of you “tray tested” your spreader for wheat or barley to see what the spread pattern is like, so you know how much to overlap to get even seed distribution across the field, auto steer comes into own to get the job done accurately. Also does broadcasting allow each individual seed more space to grow / tiller, unlike conventional rows as in attached pic I ask the above as a retired farmer,seeing the price of machinery/implements going through the roof. [/QUOTE]
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