Richard Hackett: How to make serious savings when sowing without impacting yield

‘There is still the opportunity to reduce seed rate without adversely affecting yield’. Photo: Roger Jones

Very little has changed in the last month. The weather has not allowed a significant area of crops to be sown and time is running out on the use of winter varieties.

Winter barley is now not an option; seed should be left in the bag and stored away safely in a dry place for use next year, subject to testing at that point.