Becauka
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Winter Wheat 2017
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Cut most of the winter wheat plots on Saturday. They hadn't been ripe the previous Wednesday but a couple of days made a real difference.
This year has certainly been a wheat year around here.
Despite being roasted by PGR in the spring, barely having 2.5 clean leaves and having a scattering of both Fusarium and BYDV through the plots, the control varieties (Avatar and Diego) averaged 5tn at 20%Mc.
Four fungicides (incl Bravo T0), no late PGR.
The crop looked shabby enough to my eye.
I saw at least one variety reach 6tn/ac across its four plots at 20%Mc - a first for me.
Sown after WOSR on the 12th October. Many units of N.....
While every year is different and some down right horrible (2012), it shows the potential of the crop. Imagine what could be achieved in the right year if we could control Septoria......
Granted these are plot yields with no tramlines etc. The area used in the calculation does include the idle ground between the plots.
This year has certainly been a wheat year around here.
Despite being roasted by PGR in the spring, barely having 2.5 clean leaves and having a scattering of both Fusarium and BYDV through the plots, the control varieties (Avatar and Diego) averaged 5tn at 20%Mc.
Four fungicides (incl Bravo T0), no late PGR.
The crop looked shabby enough to my eye.
I saw at least one variety reach 6tn/ac across its four plots at 20%Mc - a first for me.
Sown after WOSR on the 12th October. Many units of N.....
While every year is different and some down right horrible (2012), it shows the potential of the crop. Imagine what could be achieved in the right year if we could control Septoria......
Granted these are plot yields with no tramlines etc. The area used in the calculation does include the idle ground between the plots.
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Go on spill, what variety did 6t??
Forget about Cesario, 'forgot' to harvest a field and the hags were gone after 2weeks being ripe and not a drop of rain.
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I'm afraid that would be an Ecumenical Matter.
To be honest, it would have been new varieties in test. KWS Conros got damn close.
Becauka
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What's the highest yield you've seen in normal commercial crops?
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This year, probably 5.4tn. I've my eye on a possibly better one. Saw 5.9 in 2011. (swiftly followed by 2.5 in 2012).
The maximum fertilisation rates of N on winter wheat have been increased to 210, 180, 120 and 80 kg/ha across N index 1-4 (Schedule 2, Table 16).
After rape wheat is index 2 so only 180Kg/ha which I think is 144 unit N . We need varieties that yield and comply with the regulations . We used regularly grow 4 tonne with 120 units of N after sugar beet . We pay for extra N and chemicals in the hope of 5 tonne . The extra tonne drives down prices and certainly clogs the market to the benefit of the overall industry but the farmer gets to share none of it and takes all the risk .
After rape wheat is index 2 so only 180Kg/ha which I think is 144 unit N . We need varieties that yield and comply with the regulations . We used regularly grow 4 tonne with 120 units of N after sugar beet . We pay for extra N and chemicals in the hope of 5 tonne . The extra tonne drives down prices and certainly clogs the market to the benefit of the overall industry but the farmer gets to share none of it and takes all the risk .
Blackwater boy
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You should check Twitter.....
6.25 after maize in 2015, without even trying.... what's worse it was a bit of contract farming so we were no better off than if it had done 4. In fact we were worse as we had to draw all those extra tonnes
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We grew 3 varieties of wheat,
Skyfall, has done nearly 4t,
Revelation,,,,, that was a revelation,,,,,, 3, 3-5'mmmmmm
Olympus, Dire dire dire,, 3 and a bit,
All had same/similar agronomy, all derailed into perfect seed beds, to be fair our winter was warm and dryish,, so maybe it didn't get cold enough here,, growing season has been fair too,,, our best wheat followed spuds,
All looked very good early on,, we'd normally look at 4-5, 4-75 avarage, boss is scratching his head (as is the agronomist !!!!!!)'
Still damp rain has stopped play, 2 X 18 AC fields of revelation to cut, the beans are a while of yet
Skyfall, has done nearly 4t,
Revelation,,,,, that was a revelation,,,,,, 3, 3-5'mmmmmm
Olympus, Dire dire dire,, 3 and a bit,
All had same/similar agronomy, all derailed into perfect seed beds, to be fair our winter was warm and dryish,, so maybe it didn't get cold enough here,, growing season has been fair too,,, our best wheat followed spuds,
All looked very good early on,, we'd normally look at 4-5, 4-75 avarage, boss is scratching his head (as is the agronomist !!!!!!)'
Still damp rain has stopped play, 2 X 18 AC fields of revelation to cut, the beans are a while of yet
Always Thinking
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Lumos after Oats did 4.2 here at approx 18% average which is about average. Hoping the Lili and Rockerfeller after beans do better, as they look better than the Lumos did, although that's no guarantee. Both would like to be cut soon please, weather is getting a bit frustrating!
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There's a lot of that going around
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How was the moisture before the bollox
20% moved down the road a bit where there was less bollox and going again. About 20% I think
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i don't think there'll be much bollox in the coming week.
i must check met.ie to see what the monthly bollox levels look like.
Blackwater boy
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thats 1 for Twitter Louis, still not at the highs of some but worthy of a like or 2....
Any sprouting in the garrus yet?
Any sprouting in the garrus yet?
Too easy...imagine the hashtag potential?? #cultivationmehole #nannyvalleydeliversagain
#zerotill #750a #rootsnotiron #certifiedseed @seedtech
No sprouting but it was getting cut this morning one way or another as I'd be starting to get worried
Blackwater boy
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And quietly in my head id be going #notanothertool
Serious yields tho. Were they both DD. garrus seems to be doing well from what I hear but not much of it down here as lads were too afraid of the 4 it has for sprouting.
Yes.
One or 2 fields of it is prob enough
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This was what I felt was my best ever looking field of wheat. It's Rockefeller which is a 7 for sprouting. Just soul destroying stuff
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ffs, as you say Rockefeller would be a good one on sprouting. I'm gutted to see this happening.
What will other varieties be like....