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Not hugely, rye breaks down quite slowly. After this winter, the muck spreaders etc etc the ground is pretty tight in places. And maize does want to root freely early on.

Sudangrass is a solid (but relatively expensive) choice. By god, do I wish hemp was legal. It would be perfect in cover crops.

My usual buyer wasn't keen as it falls between first and second cut, not really worth getting a contractor in just for 10ha. I'd rather keep it in the field than send it to AD, the local one kept promising to bring digestate out to me last year and never did. So I won't sell them the crop if...

Nope, just keeping the ground active over summer, and testing out the drill before using it in anger. In other news, today's job. Spraying off the pre-maize and pumpkin covers, then prepping for the pumpkins with the subsoiler. 100kg DAP down the spout. I'm going to leave it a week so the slots...

When new, not much more than a straight piece of steel. By the time I got the drill it was worn into a shape that was, if anything, trying to lift the row unit out of work. From memory, the genuine Kuhn coulters were getting on for £100 each while the Metcalfe ones were about £20.

100% My maize seedbed today: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3eF1enRh7hxfinNE8 Spraying it off this morning, biosolids being spread and subsoiling on Monday, then drilling once the rain stops.

Testing out the precision drill for direct drilling, patching some sunflowers into flooded patches of wheat.

Stitching sunflowers into patches of flooded wheat this afternoon. I had some aggressive leading tines made up by Metcalfe at a very reasonable price. In all I'm very happy with the job it's done - Now onto the maize!

Interestingly I've had one of the best ever years for grass weed control here. PDM/Flufenacet in mid October and Broadway Star in Feb. Even in my dirtiest fields I've struggled to spot a brome plant. I thought the moisture helped keep the active available to any seedlings throughout the winter...

Sheep, they did poach it a bit but it was the slurry that really made a mess this spring. It was umbilical but it caused a slimy wet cap, and contractors seem incapable of lowering their tyre pressures so the wheelings were a mess. However, it's all surface damage and it's surprising how freely...

E-bikes are revolutionary for speedy crop inspection!

Peas coming through now, and the rye has laid down nicely. Hopefully it'll help suppress a bit of weed.

My maize seedbed - A 7-way cover crop drilled straight after wheat harvest, grazed in Feb to remove all but the rye, and then a dose of slurry in March. I'm planning to LD subsoil through this, then drill maize down the same rows on RTK next week or the week after. If someone wants the rye...

Admittedly not likely with a 750, but what happens when the implement blocks up - does it blindly drag it around until someone turns up? I think we'll be needing a human-level intelligence on most machines for some time yet.

It is not, thankfully. Also the slurry was long enough ago that I'd consider it an application to a cover crop for grazing, than the peas themselves.

I considered it, but the compaction this spring would have been too much. If you're near the Taunton area I've got some similar rye in front of maize for sale, drop me a PM!

The rye was just a cover crop after maize, sprayed it off a couple of days before drilling

Finally getting the peas in today, seedbed is ok-ish but still a bit of an open slot. It's pulling very hard after this winter, and the soil is a bit capped after umbilical slurry. Drilling here into rye after maize.

LD subsoiler as soon as it dries out, then drill a big cover crop by the end of May. Using a tine drill if it's crusty. Sunflowers, radish, millet, rye, beans, etc. If you want to spend more you could add something more exotic like sorghum-sudangrass. The plan is to make cracks and fill them...

Kyleo will nuke them and any other troublesome BLWs. Be aware of label restrictions for following crops