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Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: moony on March 21, 2013, 07:47:32 pm

Title: Changing stubble field to grass
Post by: moony on March 21, 2013, 07:47:32 pm

Been offered a large chunk of land to rent. About 30 acres of it has been used to grow wheat for the last 3 years. Roughly how expensive and much of a job would it be to change the field to permanent pasture and what is the general procedure? Contractors would be doing the work as I don't have anywhere near sufficient equipment to do it.

Title: Re: Changing stubble field to grass
Post by: Hassle on March 21, 2013, 09:22:12 pm

spray off with round up and direct drill the grass seed so not ripping up ground and then roll every week to compact the surface as long as not  :gloomy:

Title: Re: Changing stubble field to grass
Post by: SallyintNorth on March 23, 2013, 10:24:45 am

And then put sheep on it. ;)