State of your crops 2023

[Jerry]

Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.

All pics taken today.

Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants

Wheats

Skyfall

Two year old Extase seed

Momento winter barley

Hybrid rape, the thin and the good

 

[Bigjon44]

Too wet to get on mine to take pics!!

 

[teslacoils]

The fields where the straw was removed are much better. Wheat after grass is saddest. Barley where the stubble caught fire is twice the crop of the bit with chopped straw.

 

[benny6910]

Everything looked good until New Year’s Eve rain. Photo taken today.

 

[thorpe]

the flooded mid tier stuff looks fantastic , i'm glad it's not in wheat or barley!

 

[4course]

The fields where the straw was removed are much better. Wheat after grass is saddest. Barley where the stubble caught fire is twice the crop of the bit with chopped straw.

Is that not the same as every year either you or I have been involved in growing crops, same here for the last 38 years ,potash is undervalued !!

 

[teslacoils]

This year is worse. Big straw yields chopped in, and non-plouged grass. Looked ace until November rains, and you can see everywhere there are chopped straw overlaps etc. Decaying straw yuk. But at the time straw was worthless. But after grass is nastiest - but then it usually seems to be with decaying thatch, and just really hungry soil after last year.

 

[Grass And Grain]

This year is worse. Big straw yields chopped in, and non-plouged grass. Looked ace until November rains, and you can see everywhere there are chopped straw overlaps etc. Decaying straw yuk. But at the time straw was worthless. But after grass is nastiest - but then it usually seems to be with decaying thatch, and just really hungry soil after last year.

Makes you wonder if RB209 is incorrect by saying autumn sown crops require zero N.

Doubting myself now. Does it say there's a requirement after chopped straw? Not sure.

Edit. Maybe it's not all N related. Maybe it's the rotting straw/grass poison.

 

[thorpe]

the flooded mid tier stuff looks fantastic , i'm glad it's not in wheat or barley!

it's your seed as well grass and grain

 

[Chickcatcher]

This year is worse. Big straw yields chopped in, and non-plouged grass. Looked ace until November rains, and you can see everywhere there are chopped straw overlaps etc. Decaying straw yuk. But at the time straw was worthless. But after grass is nastiest - but then it usually seems to be with decaying thatch, and just really hungry soil after last year.

Sadly teslacoils straw is still worthless but did this week get 500tons into power station of 2021 harvest stuff. What has amazed me is not a single bale broken by varmint action been in barn 17 months. I have made more loading out than storing it.

 

[teslacoils]

I'll have better crops where it's been took off and given away.

At old N prices, I ought to have mineralised some N and ploughed it over.

 

[average farmer]

I think the straw this year was more toxic than normal. You can see nearly every single swath in most fields. Straw was removed

 

[e3120]

I think the straw this year was more toxic than normal. You can see nearly every single swath in most fields. Straw was removed

Would that be because it was very short/brittle and hard to gather up?

 

[teslacoils]

It's not helping that it's currently "wet as fukc".

 

[T Hectares]

Wheats looking ok, BG control very good, couple of ha hit from Slugs after OSR (obvs)

Last field of Firefly I’ll grow, it’s done us well but it’s far too dirty to grow now, using up year old seed

Astronomer after Beans

Dawsum after OSR, trying Gp4’s as the 3’s aren’t good enough on Septoria and are lagging on yield

 

[T Hectares]

Cover crops have been bowled over by the frosts before Christmas, mustard and spring oats for SW6 Mid tier

 

[T Hectares]

OSR ok, but there’s more Larvae around than last year
HS Acacia

This fields never grown OSR before

This was planted 22/9

 

[benny6910]

Winter beans finally poking out faster that the crows can pick them.

osr looking ok considering the late sowing date.

 

[Sandy]

OSR ok, but there’s more Larvae around than last year
HS Acacia
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This fields never grown OSR before
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This was planted 22/9

What drill do you have it makes a very tidy job

 

[T Hectares]

What drill do you have it makes a very tidy job

A Sprinter 6 with Borgault points