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Sowing rate for wild bird cover

  • 29-05-2019 03:51PM
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    k mac
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    Am sowing Barley and linseed is it 75kg Barley and 15kg linseed to the hectare. Or 110 kg for the barley. You would think Id remember on the 4th year.


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    Base price
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    k mac wrote: »
    Am sowing Barley and linseed is it 75kg Barley and 15kg linseed to the hectare. Or 110 kg for the barley. You would think Id remember on the 4th year.
    We sow oats but the sowing rates is the same.
    Drilling - Oats 75kgs & linseed 15kgs
    Broadcasting (increase by half for larger seeds and one third for small seeds) so oats - 110kgs & linseed 20kgs


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    Cavanjack
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    k mac wrote: »
    Am sowing Barley and linseed is it 75kg Barley and 15kg linseed to the hectare. Or 110 kg for the barley. You would think Id remember on the 4th year.

    We’ve been ploughing and sowing 100kg oats and 20kg linseed on a hectare. It’s always grown fine.


  • #4
    k mac
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    Base price wrote: »
    We sow oats but the sowing rates is the same.
    Drilling - Oats 75kgs & linseed 15kgs
    Broadcasting (increase by half for larger seeds and one third for small seeds) so oats - 110kgs & linseed 20kgs

    I didn't know there was a different rate for drilling and broadcasting


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    k mac wrote: »
    I didn't know there was a different rate for drilling and broadcasting
    It's been that way from the beginning. I presume there is more loss with broadcasting due to birds even though the oats would be harrowed in. We don't harrow the linseed in (only roll) and it grows fine. Don't forget to write in the additional sowing rate in your record sheets and keep the labels from the bags.

    See page 54 & 55 - https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/farmingschemesandpayments/glastranche1/GLASTranche1Spec161015.pdf


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