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Regen Ag General Discussion
Wide spacing cereal crops... pictures please
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<blockquote data-quote="Flatlander" data-source="post: 7661038" data-attributes="member: 156006"><p>Alomy75. Better air flow in damp humid conditions help with disease pressure and with short podding crops like soya beans the closer plant spacing helps push them up before setting pods. In canola it is supposed to encourage cabbaging. The trend here is towards canola on 15 inch rows or wider but this leaves a very open canopy and less soil shading. The crowding of plants in my mind isn’t the best way to get a strong crop. A quick look at headland overlap confirms this for me. Wider rows I think are driven by the need for more complex row units and the cost to buy and maintain. When I joined this forum a short time ago I was surprised at the number of direct drilling enthusiasts. When I left 20 years ago the trendy farmers had tried it in the late 80s and couldn’t control black grass then reverted back to the plough. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for trying a new approach to crop production but I’d be more towards growing a better crop and having healthier soil than re equipping to save a couple of bucks/pounds an acre. our soil is the best asset we have and I’d like to have cover crops in my farming system but the short season here doesn’t allow this. I see many farmer talking of cover crops in the uk and it must help a lot with organic matter accumulation which is great for fertility,water retention and less leaching of nitrates. Rule of thumb here is ten units of N per acre released each year for every 1 percent OM We chop every acre of crop residue and incorporate it. Oh boy did I every drift off row spacing. Lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flatlander, post: 7661038, member: 156006"] Alomy75. Better air flow in damp humid conditions help with disease pressure and with short podding crops like soya beans the closer plant spacing helps push them up before setting pods. In canola it is supposed to encourage cabbaging. The trend here is towards canola on 15 inch rows or wider but this leaves a very open canopy and less soil shading. The crowding of plants in my mind isn’t the best way to get a strong crop. A quick look at headland overlap confirms this for me. Wider rows I think are driven by the need for more complex row units and the cost to buy and maintain. When I joined this forum a short time ago I was surprised at the number of direct drilling enthusiasts. When I left 20 years ago the trendy farmers had tried it in the late 80s and couldn’t control black grass then reverted back to the plough. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for trying a new approach to crop production but I’d be more towards growing a better crop and having healthier soil than re equipping to save a couple of bucks/pounds an acre. our soil is the best asset we have and I’d like to have cover crops in my farming system but the short season here doesn’t allow this. I see many farmer talking of cover crops in the uk and it must help a lot with organic matter accumulation which is great for fertility,water retention and less leaching of nitrates. Rule of thumb here is ten units of N per acre released each year for every 1 percent OM We chop every acre of crop residue and incorporate it. Oh boy did I every drift off row spacing. Lol [/QUOTE]
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