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Is winter wheat not your biggest gross margin? Would spring wheat be a goer for you?
Hi Franklin. Just reading your thread and wondered how you’re getting on? With the ‘air in the soil’ chatter above, how have you got on whether using subsoiling/moling etc? How has your mzuri performed and have you transitioned towards a low disturbance drill?Very excited to say that DD grass has worked well, and will be dessicating the direct drilled OSR on Wednesday. Have also drilled spring linseed this year into a cover crop
Have also bought Mzuri drill for this next year, so will go between that and the vaderstad as conditions allow. Currently thinking how we can put fert on the front linkage and pipe it to the Mzuri.
Ah, I bet I’ve probably caught up by browsing the forum then!I think he’s called @teslacoils these days .
Interesting going back over this thread.
@teslacoils are you settled on your name now??
It’s refreshing to see a differing opinion. Were you pressing to consolidate as the drill didn’t do it at all on any of your land or was it certain land types around the farm? Never mind going to a mzuri system, it seems you’ve had a massive transition in itself with the farm size reducing. I hope it’s positive for youThe mzuri didn't last. The farm got bigger, up to 2500ac. In the end the system didn't suit us as contractors and we weren't prepared to go to say 6m for capacity. We were often running a press over it after drilling osr, so not really saving much. And spring work into stubbles was meh. Sold it and lost a fair few ££££. Went back to subsoiling in osr, and a solo / press / drill for everything else.
Now I'm on 250ish AC, and grow half grass, half wheat. Few have started to play with a 750a as there is a local contractor with one. But I'm not really looking to go down that road. I'm looking forward to lathering the grass black with turd, and blacking it over with a plough.
I mole after the second year of grass. No subsoiling.
With your eye for detail, how about a small warm, bright workshop and do 12v (or low v . dc) electrical repairs ?There's no way I'm going to have any stock. We get digestate down a pipe, so no need for any muck. Makes the £££ bobbins.
But there are no jobs near here. At least the farm looks tidy.
It’s refreshing to see a differing opinion. Were you pressing to consolidate as the drill didn’t do it at all on any of your land or was it certain land types around the farm? Never mind going to a mzuri system, it seems you’ve had a massive transition in itself with the farm size reducing. I hope it’s positive for you
Thanks
With your eye for detail, how about a small warm, bright workshop and do 12v (or low v . dc) electrical repairs ?
There is and will be plenty of demand now and in the future i bet.