Finding plenty of Gout fly in earlier sown winter wheat. Turning Crusoe tillers into a cross between a spring onion and a leek. Worrying levels in some fields.
Nice to see some OSR actually cracking on. Tom conventional OSR sowed with a kings companion crops mix of Berseem clover and Buckwheat. No sign of CSFB yet. #SFI#crop25@FrontierAg
Extase Winter Wheat direct drilled into 2 year legume fallow to get on top of grassweeds. In for 2 years, grazed with sheep, LD Subsoiled then DD with Avatar with high seed rate early October. Walks a dream.
SFI Num3 (Legume Fallow) - for anyone wondering whether a Spring sown legume mix can deliver pollinator benefits, then this clip taken late July from one of our Dorset farms shows what can be achieved. Used as a "fallow break" crop ahead of wheat this Autumn @CCC_agronomy
IMPORTANT INFO RE SFI APPLICATIONS
If you’re in the process of applying for SFI23 you need to have it submitted by the 31st Dec. @Ruralpay is stopping new applications from the 27th Dec reopening 4th Jan. All incomplete applications will be lost & you will need to start again 😞
Crusoe Winter Wheat after maize. Looking surprising well considering the relentless rain since drilling. Min disturbance sub soiler fb horsch combination drill.
Auto cast off Combine behind W Bly, 85kg/ha of Nitram, 1 dose of slug pellets and a pass of cent max. If it was all only this easy….Astro, fung and micros lined up for next spray window.