ROTATION PLAN

There are two types of rotation employed in the arable areas.

Type 1.

This type is suited to areas that are not ideal for winter crops, either as a result of poor drainage or due to potential rabbit damage.

Type 2.

This type is for land that suits winter cropping.

TYPE 1 ROTATION – areas not suited for winter cropping

Year 1: Turnips / Spring Wheat (under sow Huia white clover)

Or leave in grass until spring then Spring Wheat.

Turnips: Plough / Power Harrow / Broadcast /Ring Roll

Spring Wheat: Plough / Power Harrow / Combi Drill / Ring roll / broadcast clover.

Note: Graze ewes on the Turnips over the winter.

Year 2: W.Clover / Spring Oats

Or W.Clover / Spring Barley

Or Manure / Potatoes after winter stubble

W.Clover: Chop straw / Top stubbles short.

Spring Oats: Plough / Power Harrow / Combi Drill / Ring Roll if dry.

Spring Barley: Plough / Power Harrow / Combi Drill / Ring Roll if dry.

Potatoes: Spread manure early spring / Plough / Rotospike /Power Harrow /Plant Potatoes.

Harvest as earlies to second earlies

Note: Graze the sheep on the W.Clover during the autumn

Year 3: Turnips / Peas (acid soils)

Spring Beans (alkaline soils)

Turnips: Chop straw / Cultivate H.D (Howard Delta) / Power Harrow / Broadcast /Ring Roll

Peas & Beans: Plough / Power Harrow / Direct Drill / Ring Roll

Note: Graze the sheep over the winter on the Turnips

Year 4: Phacelia / Spring Wheat

Phacelia Chop straw / Cultivate H.D / Power Harrow /Broadcast / Ring Roll

Spring Wheat: Plough / Power Harrow / Combi Drill

Note: Graze the sheep on the westerwolds during the autumn /winter

Year 5: Grass-Clover Ley .

Autumn sown: Chop straw / Cultivate H.D / Power Harrow / Broadcast / Ring roll.

Graze during autumn /winter to control volunteers, weeds, and aid tillering.

Year6: Grass-Clover Ley

Graze

TYPE 2 ROTATION – areas suited to winter cropping

Year 1: Winter Wheat or Spring Wheat ( depending on winter grazing requirements. )

Year 2: Winter Oats or 

Winter Barley or

Manure / Potatoes

Year 3: Turnips / Peas (acid soils)

Spring Beans (alkaline soils)

Year 4: Winter Wheat

Year 5: Grass-Clover Ley

Cultivate H.D / Power Harrow / Ring Roll / Broadcast / Flat Roll

Year 6: Grass-Clover Ley

Graze.