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