Belarusfan

Cutting Sack change:

Cut it today. 18-19% moisture. Yield averaged from poor to very poor - about 1t/acre. Cutting very high as no use for the straw so seems stupid to push it all through the drum for no reason. In places where there was a bit of rubbish I just took the ears off and a tiny bit of straw to help it feed. Afterall, that's the bit I'm interested in. 250 and trailer note the bindweed

Almost fit:

Thanks, I'm pleased They're just about visible still, but mostly growing back with ears Just hope they arn't too far behind \ Thanks You must be local then? Apologies if I already know you

He is here, only 3 months late That is indeed different to your average Minsk built 'Belarus'. It is a JuMZ-6AL or -6AM built in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine .

An update from Saturday; now fully on ear and flowering. Nice and clean, both disease and weed wise. And remembering no ferts, I'm pretty impressed, especially with the ears which are mostly a decent length. Just want them to fill out now.

That's what I'm worried about, would prefer it to stay the current height!

None yet Mind you, as far as I know none were ever imported.. Though Spraycare has some deal with Hungarian company Kertitox now.. \ I think it looks surprisingly well considering its had no fert I think that's a bit clever if it still yields something- no cost of the fert It is very short, but it hasn't been on flag leaf very long at all and not even what most crops would normally do, just went so quickly... But short is good, less straw to dispose of and less lodging risk Doesn't sound good about it going down Lots of ramularia in barley here this year.

Sadly I don't have a sprayer \ The Douven is Dutch Taken over by JD when they decided they wanted some European sprayers

Now coming on ear, boots nicely swollen with some starting to split in places Spray has done its work on thistles:

Hopefully Simple answer to a simple question; purely because it's too wet as there was an old ditch there which has never been re-dug, and I don't want to spend the money to have it dug out when the I don't own the field. So I just make do..

MF 690 and Douven

Had it sprayed today for weeds, and a broad spectrum fungicide to keep it clean.

Chris does like it, maybe a lot But it's a bit big for me really until I get more land \

Excellent idea

Superb

Thanks for that, seems a lot of work when they have a Rapid anyway I take it they were just trying to smash clods down as small as possible? Interesting to see though

Nice pics They really do give the land a working, what order do they go in? cultivate, roll, sprintine, drill? Seems a lot of diesel But none the less makes interesting photos Do they roll them in?

I was kind of hoping to find a nice Agri Buggy Or similar machine such as a small Chaviot or Lo-mark. That or just buy a 2nd hand mounted but I do like the light weight of the buggies. No Fortschritts yet sadly- I think I would need a little bit more land to justify one Ah but this is meadowland that's had no real crop for 50 years until last year, well if you can call that a crop So I guess/hope there should be some nutrients left that hasn't been leached out yet \

A bit of an update, pictures taken two days ago though as it's been a bit wetter since Looking good though I think, but sadly it's had no ferts or sprays yet.

It should be ok I hope No sprayer of my own yet, maybe do it myself next year if I can find something nice, I thought about a Frazier Agri-Buggy IID or similar as they seem to sell dirt cheap, especially at sales? \ Thanks Thanks, I was pleased

I didn't spot any, maybe someone else can shed some more light on this?

Very nice pics Mart

Hi Nigel, There are some more pics of the topper here: http://www.midsuffolkagriphotos.co.uk/gallery/gp1231.htm I hope they may be useful. I don't think I have any Ransomes lifter photos but I'll check for you. Chris Thanks Jamie