{"id":4876,"date":"2022-04-05T16:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sumo1.com\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:21:10","slug":"picking-a-drilling-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sumo1.com\/picking-a-drilling-date\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pick a drilling date with Farmer, Ed Green, on his 500ha farm in East Anglia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ed Green, an arable farmer from East Anglia discusses how flexibility has benefitted him when it comes to picking a drilling date.<\/p>\n
Drilling is one of the most crucial periods in the arable calendar as a successful drilling can help with robust crop establishment.<\/p>\n
However, in preparation for drilling, a number of factors need to be considered including weather, the machinery used, and importantly, timings.<\/p>\n
These factors can make it difficult for farmers to know when to drill, but in this blog we discuss how Ed Green, an East Anglian grower has found flexibility to be the best approach for drilling.<\/p>\n
Farmer: Ed Green<\/p>\n
Location: 500 ha farm in East Anglia<\/p>\n
Crops: Predominately cereals as well as sugar beet and potatoes<\/p>\n
Soil type: Silty clay loam soil<\/p>\n
Ed\u2019s system used to encompass a number of steps prior to drilling including ploughing, heavy pressing a couple of times, cultivating the soils again in front of a combination drill, all before being able to get the seeds in the ground.<\/p>\n
As this approach involved a number of steps and a range of kit, it was causing Ed multiple challenges for labour and was also costly.<\/p>\n
He decided a change was needed so went to a machinery show and found Sumo machinery which fitted in well with his system and would help him to reduce the use of machinery and tillage.<\/p>\n