First to combine?

[robbie]

This isn't far off now, bit greener on headlands, a week of sun might just see the combine going in ? View attachment 55367View attachment 55369View attachment 55370View attachment 55371

A week might be a bit ambitious I'd say a fortnight at least.

 

[Brisel]

Florentine 2 row winter barley sprayed off yesterday so I'm anticpating 14th July start allowing time for the 2 litres of glyphosate to go off. I hate starting at 3.30pm on a Friday... Nothing worse than teething troubles in overtime.

Volume will be next then Cassia. SY Venture still quite green. 1/3 of my osr sprayed off but the rest isn't ready for desiccation yet.

My neighbour is always the first to start. He bungs the combine up with what looks like silage then by the time he has cleared it out 3 days later it might still not be quite ready

 

[Feldspar]

Have just been through our barley and to echo @Badshot it's surprisingly far forward. Most of the grain you have to try quite hard to make a mark with a thumbnail. I'm a bit worried that this has gone off too early - we left it too long (just under 5 weeks) between the fungicide timings and there was more brown rust than there should have been.

If there is a little bit of bind-weed (say 1 per 2m2) and a small amount (1 per 2m2) broad-leaved weeds in the bottom (10cms high), and barley which is still completely green in the tramlines, and a lot to get through one combine, would you (directed at anyone and everyone) use glyphosate?

HGCA sheet on pre-harvest round-up in cereals is not that helpful for winter barley that isn't in Scotland!

http://www.hgca.com/media/185527/is02-pre-harvest-glyphosate-application-to-wheat-and-barley.pdf

 

[Brisel]

Try this instead.

 

[DRC]

This isn't far off now, bit greener on headlands, a week of sun might just see the combine going in ? View attachment 55367View attachment 55369View attachment 55370View attachment 55371

Is that the M6 toll in the background? Looks like it'll need more than a week, as it hasn't necked over yet!

 

[Clive]

Is that the M6 toll in the background? Looks like it'll need more than a week, as it hasn't necked over yet!

No it's the a5

This is my first go at growing winter barley so stil learning

 

[DRC]

Getting nearer on the sandy banks, but still green on better land.
Wasn't drilled until end sept, and will now be going as whole crop, when nearly combinable with home and dry added.

 

[Gav]

We started on winter barley yesterday at work, unsure what variety as I've not worked here long and am on the contracting side of the business but it is a 6 row variety.

 

[franklin]

Will look again at the Cassia barley a week on Monday. It will have had 2 weeks since dessicating then. Pigeons seem to be enjoying it already - got some kites up to try and convince them to go elsewhere.....but not to my swathed OSR, which also has kites up again.

 

[suffolk tup]

barley cut in cambridgeshire today

 

[Bongodog]

Seen winter barley cut and baled at Rampton north of Cambridge today

 

[Flat 10]

Have just been through our barley and to echo @Badshot it's surprisingly far forward. Most of the grain you have to try quite hard to make a mark with a thumbnail. I'm a bit worried that this has gone off too early - we left it too long (just under 5 weeks) between the fungicide timings and there was more brown rust than there should have been.

If there is a little bit of bind-weed (say 1 per 2m2) and a small amount (1 per 2m2) broad-leaved weeds in the bottom (10cms high), and barley which is still completely green in the tramlines, and a lot to get through one combine, would you (directed at anyone and everyone) use glyphosate?

HGCA sheet on pre-harvest round-up in cereals is not that helpful for winter barley that isn't in Scotland!

http://www.hgca.com/media/185527/is02-pre-harvest-glyphosate-application-to-wheat-and-barley.pdf

Yes I probably would. Especially if the forecast looks a bit dodge. Those weeds will grow like stink as the canopy opens up and can grow a lot in 10 days at this time of year. Otherwise you will have green sticky sh1te on the inside of combine and bits of yuck in the sample. Burn it off and blow it out the back!

 

[Flat 10]

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kWs glacier at 12.5 moister cut today. The sample is not too special though. Also have cassia not quite ready yet.

Looks good and ready from here.......

 

[Wombat]

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kWs glacier at 12.5 moister cut today. The sample is not too special though. Also have cassia not quite ready yet.

Where abouts are you?

 

[FFC]

We are Cambridge. Never combined this early before though. Would be interested what other peoples glacier is like. This is very thin grain.

 

[robbie]

What was the yield of the glacier Like.
I was shocked at how dry everywhere was when I went down to cereals.

 

[RolyD8K]

finished o s rape today only 85 acres,moister 13% Wednesday 7% yesterday 5.5% today

 

[Niels]

Is it both swathed and direct cut?

 

[Wombat]

Saw my first combine today, cutting OSR near RAF Coningsby this afternoon

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Barley started around us on friday