Looking grim .......

[onthehoof]

Heavy rain here yesterday. Good Friday. It did bring back memories of a Good Friday trimming leeks, it rained so much all day, the staff I had (travellers) couldn’t actually get « home ». I would be guessing at 1997?

Looks like we're getting it Monday

 

[Oscar]

My local AD buisness abandoned around 450 acs maize with forager in November(out of approx 3000ac). Got a guy in with a combine on tracks but took to end of January to finish . Fields are a real mess and water in the ruts will take a long time to dry out . They were hoping for some hard frosts to run some times through to release water bug not had one even moderate frost .

 

[Kidds]

One large grower of forage maize for AD in Nottinghamshire still had some left 2 weeks ago. He moved from foraging to combining late last year, but still could not get on some fields with a tracked combine.

I'm sure I saw someone on twitter this week combining the last of theirs.

 

[bobk]

I've seen ploughed ground actually drying today in Kent . first time in 18 months

 

[2wheels]

I had shingles aged 13
Had a fortnight off school at sowing time but not allowed out.
Missed out on sex education classes!!

self learning is best.

 

[bobk]

Northern france looks good , sowing now in perfect seedbeds , a few deep tramlines but nothing to worry about

 

[czechmate]

I must admit, I drove up to the moat a couple of weeks back and was surprised that most of France has a crop. Just our area that is a disaster .
Mind, there were some fair big messes on the tramlines

 

[kiwi pom]

Off topic.
I wonder how UK farmers who grow grain maize got on harvesting it autumn 2023 as so wet

My brother combined everything he needed to for his boss in Cheshire.
Own work plus a bit on contract.
He sent pics of one field that had been abandoned half way through by a chopper crew, never seen such a mess, he went with the tracked combine and barely made a mark. Not having trailers alongside all the time makes a huge difference.

I'm assuming most of the beet has been harvested this winter, haven't heard much on here about it being written off?

 

[sjt01]

My brother combined everything he needed to for his boss in Cheshire.
Own work plus a bit on contract.
He sent pics of one field that had been abandoned half way through by a chopper crew, never seen such a mess, he went with the tracked combine and barely made a mark. Not having trailers alongside all the time makes a huge difference.

I'm assuming most of the beet has been harvested this winter, haven't heard much on here about it being written off?

Raynham got their last field of beet lifted last week.

 

[cambsfarmer]

We drilled 20 th Feb it was on the radio about F & M.

Winter barley it grew like a triffid.

My local AD buisness abandoned around 450 acs maize with forager in November(out of approx 3000ac). Got a guy in with a combine on tracks but took to end of January to finish . Fields are a real mess and water in the ruts will take a long time to dry out . They were hoping for some hard frosts to run some times through to release water bug not had one even moderate frost .

 

[bobk]

4 weeks on and not much has changed , diesel use will be low .

 

[DrWazzock]

We’ve drilled/redrilled nothing this spring and glad of it. We’ve left some very mediocre winter wheat in place as I think it’s a better bet than mauling about with spring barley. Glad we’ve no beet either. Conserving cash, selling off underused machinery and doing drainage work that costs not much other than elbow grease and time. No beet thankfully to maul in or blow away. Sheep lambing coping well with the weather. At least it’s warm.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Is your combine up for sale?

 

[serf]

4 weeks on and not much has changed , diesel use will be low .

That's why they keep ringing round to flog some ....
They not normally bothered about our bit

 

[bobk]

That's why they keep ringing round to flog some ....
They not normally bothered about our bit

I won't want any diesel until hay making ........... given up on sowing anything except bird seed

 

[workin f nowt]

That's why they keep ringing round to flog some ....
They not normally bothered about our bit

Same here had a phone call this afternoon

 

[czechmate]

It‘ll be a drought next…

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Beet land Cambridgeshire

 

[Rookie]

Beet land Cambridgeshire View attachment 1175007

Ex beet or got to get it ready for this year crop?

 

[teslacoils]

I think the weather might just be turning a corner....