How two top oilseed rape growers achieve high yields

Farmers Weekly

Two leading Scottish Borders Oilseed YEN growers’ focus on crop establishment and nutrition has led them to push their average farm yields towards the 5t/ha barrier.  David Fuller manages 650ha of rapeseed, while David Fuller-Shapcott has just 17ha in the ground, but both have similar approaches to getting the best out of their crops. Both adopt single-pass crop establishment systems to conserve soil moisture and are exploring timings and rates of micronutrient applications to push yields past 5t/ha.

Read more about their approach and experience in this Farmers Weekly article. 

https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/osr/how-two-top-oilseed-rape-growers-achieve-high-yields