it's not over
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- Location
- thunder rd co.antrim
Sh1t summer
- Thread starter GTB
- Start date
- Location
- South Wales UK
When its wet its wet ?
Penmoel
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I think we have had it quite easy really when reading of others.. Some of you on here don't perhaps look in the dairy pages, the story of this guy in Ayrshire says it all;-
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/milk-price-tracker.53178/page-473#post-4223658
Cowmangav said: ↑
Well I've had over three hundred cows housed since mid July and only a quarter of our first cut secured. Now watching our contractor mowing his own 2nd cut silage on ground below us ,but don't know when/if he'll come here . Not before Sunday/Mondays' rain I'll wager. Our "drier" fields were done four weeks ago , and that involved leaving some endriggs uncut and others churned up.
So herd starts to be dismantled from Wednesday 6th. Beginning of the end of 150 years here.
http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/15506453.Considering_Changue__39_s_dairying_future/
- Location
- Near Colchester
Spare a thought for the Alaskans who reckon that they have;-As a good Italian friend says to me
The UK has
5 months of winter
3 months of Spring
A month of sh!te
3 months of autumn
He isn't far wrong
Winter, and
August 15th (some years)
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
No matter how tough things get there's always some poor sod worse off
KMA
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
Proud as I am of the 3 raised beds I've built this year I reckon the best thing I've done is 140' of 90/110 land drains, transformed my wee bit of swamp into an area I can walk on without waders. Just another 40' to put in to sort out the last bit that still has the odd puddle after a wet day, once that's done I reckon we'll be in for a few dry years
On the verge of giving up with second cut. If the weather doesn't improve soon, will just go through with the topper on the highest setting, and try and get some tack sheep to graze it over the winter.
I got someone to put sheep on one lot of second cut where there was not as much grass but the other lot I think there is to much grass, it should have been done weeks ago but they decided it was a good time to cut me up
I may make a phone call and see what the sheep chap thinks
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Its been ok here, ot very dry cold spring but could have been worse ie wet n cold, then got wet n warm but managed to get silage without any dilemma, straw all home dry never had any rain on it before or after bailng, loads of grass stock done well to be fair, odd hot day but nothing fancy id take a summer like this every year, back in the 90`s we used to get burned off terrable couldnt resseeed very well as to dry etc etc, na its been a good summer as far as im concerned.
CharcoalWally
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- Location
- West of Scotland
Absolutely. Welcome to a normal Scottish West Coast Summer.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Been rubbish here managed to get the silage done but still spring barley left to cut lashed down with rain yesterday and rest of week is not looking good.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
It will be got,just have patients
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Has he turned into a doctor like?
- Location
- East yorks
It would be nice one year to get a proper hot and dry summer
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Have you seen the forecast? A ram broke on the contractor's rake on saturday. It's still in the field and they left two short swaths that were under it. The bloody stuff has gone yellow and is rotting into the ground already. Just imagine if it was all like that!
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Have you seen the forecast? A ram broke on the contractor's rake on saturday. It's still in the field and they left two short swaths that were under it. The bloody stuff has gone yellow and is rotting into the ground already. Just imagine if it was all like that!
Fortune favours the brave
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Heavy rain tomorrow, not bad on Weds then rain for days on end here...