Winter Barley after Winter Wheat

DrWazzock

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Spring barley here but we don't have pressure on the combine capacity at harvest time. Winter barley doesn't stack up against spring barley on many levels. Spray off, Paraplow , whizz over with power Harrow and drill in the spring when all the volunteers, blackgrass, brome and other rubbish that you would fail to keep out of the winter barley with expensive herbicide has germinated. Just finished putting a 3 ton per acre crop of RGT planet into the long term store. At 15.5 % as its going through a sheeps arse before its sold.
 

DrWazzock

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Everything is being revoked.

And that's the biggest problem we face. Makes Brexit and loss of basic payment look like a walk in the park. Stubble turnips, spring barley, grass and stock here if we lose many more actives. Winter crops and sugar beet will be a non starter. We can grow tates without herbicide though. But not without fungicide.
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Thought you'd given up on WB.

I had, in an effort to drop it as a 3rd cereal with the associated take all and sterile brome. Great for spreading logistics by swapping 1/3 of my spring barley area for something that doesn't require waiting all of March for it to stop raining to sow it plus an early start to harvest and I can sow turnips and some osr very early. Around here winter barley was the star crop this season. No guarantee of future performance of course and I'll have to talk to Natural England about reducing my cover crop area.
 

bankrupt

Member
Location
EX17/20
winter barley was the star crop this season.

Same here, Brisel.

First time since 1979.

Nevertheless, the advantages you quote above about spreading the sowing and the harvesting risks hold true every year and are financially well valid.

Furthermore, it can be extremely frustrating of an sunny evening in mid-July to be all on one's own in the pub when everyone else is out cutting WB.

:D:D:D
 

MattR

Member
Can anyone explain why take-all rarely seems to be an issue for WB following wheat but often is for WB following barley and wheat following wheat?
 

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