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Is that WOSR up Inch direction. I can see a yellow field up that way when i travel Dower to Killeagh.Great yield potential in the WOSR.
The forecast frost for Monday night won’t be welcome for flowering.
Hopefully pollination is almost complete.......:sweat:
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That’s it , at least it’s not a frost hollow!Is that WOSR up Inch direction. I can see a yellow field up that way when i travel Dower to Killeagh.
A good breezy spot I'd say. I take straw to a guy up that way and there is a good view south and west from there.That’s it , at least it’s not a frost hollow!
what sort of money is a tonne of OSR worth ? Iv always had great interest in this cropMaybe it’s my imagination but I think Oilseed Rape is looking it’s best in years here.
Long well filled pods and a lot of them.
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I haven’t heard any recent prices but I’d expect about €340-350. European prices will be higher but we have to export the crop.W
what sort of money is a tonne of OSR worth ? Iv always had great interest in this crop
Yes, it’s finches. They usually pick on the edges of fields.I was chatting to a lad today and he said he's having awful problems with small birds (sparrows according to him) going to town on the rape pods. Has anyone ever had that before or better still a method of scaring them off?
Yes, it’s finches. They usually pick on the edges of fields.
Not normally a big problem unless the field is small or you have a lot of finches. Birds seem to be hungry.
lead is the only cure. Whether that’s legal or humane is another matter.
Birds are starving in this weather, never seen so many sick and dying crows, I'm sure it applies to all shapes and sizesIt seems he is worse than me with the flora and fauna, he changed his mind this evening and said finches as you've pointed out. At a guess there's 20 acres in the field and he told me the birds are in two bigish flocks. Would it be something to do with the dry weather that their usual food source is not available?
Very interesting, leaf and grain analysis are not something I've ever done, but I've often wondered about fine-tuning trace elements in fields rather than taking a punt at it and being happy as long as I can't see a deficiency.I was asked if I wanted to submit a crop for the WOSR YEN.
https://www.yen.adas.co.uk/
It’s an initiative to look at what factors contribute to better yields in a number of crops (cereals , WOSR, beans).
It involves soil, foliage & seed tests to see what if any elements are lacking. plant populations etc.
It’s not a competition to see who can get the best yield. Instead it’s a competition to see who can get the best result considering the constraints of their particular soil & climate. Yields are taken on trust but if you tell lies, you are merely fooling yourself.
Its interesting to be involved
I was taking full plants from the crop today to send to the UK for testing.
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I was asked if I wanted to submit a crop for the WOSR YEN.
https://www.yen.adas.co.uk/
It’s an initiative to look at what factors contribute to better yields in a number of crops (cereals , WOSR, beans).
It involves soil, foliage & seed tests to see what if any elements are lacking. plant populations etc.
It’s not a competition to see who can get the best yield. Instead it’s a competition to see who can get the best result considering the constraints of their particular soil & climate. Yields are taken on trust but if you tell lies, you are merely fooling yourself.
Its interesting to be involved
I was taking full plants from the crop today to send to the UK for testing.
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Got the call from the yen lads too. They want to have a look at my spring wheat. Decided I‘d put together a gang of under 14’s to pull the wild oats before they come over. We stopped pulling the wild oats as I think we were losing too much straw value. Is there a mixed species category?
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Got the call from the yen lads too. They want to have a look at my spring wheat. Decided I‘d put together a gang of under 14’s to pull the wild oats before they come over. We stopped pulling the wild oats as I think we were losing too much straw value. Is there a mixed species category?