- Location
- the brecks norfolk
You'll have to be more specific.
Not mine you'll have to come a few miles North East for that.
Not mine you'll have to come a few miles North East for that.
Barley harvest started.
- Thread starter An Gof
- Start date
- Location
- West Suffolk
Euston estates?
Eleveden estate?
Abreys?
Eleveden estate?
Abreys?
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Elveden
Positively evil stuff....I had so hoped never, ever to see that bloody stuff ever again (Dried some last year) ....Nasty nasty nasty. On a positive note, hopefully yours won’t need Drying. Looks like a really enjoyable crop to grow. Hope it does well for you!
- Location
- Near Derby
Did 30 acres of Cassia yesterday on some light sandy land and I was pleased with 2.9 tonnes/acre. For those of you who don't remember England winning the World Cup, that is 7.2 tonnes/ha. The bushel was between 67 and 69kg/hl.
I think Cassia is better than Glacier which I grew for 2 years before going back to Cassia. Cassia has better and bigger grains.
My Cassia on some medium loam is not ready yet, but I enjoyed making a start and I think it is the earliest I have ever combined. You can't beat getting on top of the job!
I think Cassia is better than Glacier which I grew for 2 years before going back to Cassia. Cassia has better and bigger grains.
My Cassia on some medium loam is not ready yet, but I enjoyed making a start and I think it is the earliest I have ever combined. You can't beat getting on top of the job!
- Location
- North West
Cut another field of Orwell this afternoon, much better crop 3.35t/a average (around our norm for wb) 68kg/hl and loads of straw. It’s on peat ground though so retains moisture very well, seems to have shown this time to.
If the other fields do as well as that I’ll be well please.
If the other fields do as well as that I’ll be well please.
Good result. From the photo it looks a bit on the thin side so that makes it even better.
Tompkins
Member
- Location
- NE Somerset
Belfry averaged 3t/acre, back into the Orwell which is sat at about 3.3t/ac, all over a weighbridge between 10 and 13%
- Location
- North West
I’m disappointed with Belfry yield, some ears are dwarf like and only half-length and others plants around it have full length ears... have you noticed that? Wondering if I’ve cocked up or it’s varietal
Tompkins
Member
- Location
- NE Somerset
Sounds about the same here
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
talking to a few at yorkshire show yesterday barley 2 rows yielding@ 1/2 a ton/ac down from av but better than six row . Straw below normal but not disastrous, other than the odd unbelievable scare story or the 10ton dick
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Same here @static. We had a go at some bazooka this morning and moisture 15.2 and we ended up with a tank full of awns that took forever to unload.
Then tried the cassia invthr next field and moisture was up to 16.1 but it produced a much better sample but the straw is still green in the bottom which is frustrating as it's brackling down and wants getting.
On the bright side it's all producing tons of straw.we just need some sun.
Then tried the cassia invthr next field and moisture was up to 16.1 but it produced a much better sample but the straw is still green in the bottom which is frustrating as it's brackling down and wants getting.
On the bright side it's all producing tons of straw.we just need some sun.
I had some last year it was rubbish
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
My bazooka has got big long ears but it's just not thrashing out well and looks thin grained but all things considered I've just done a rudimentary kg/hl and it's 62-63 so if we can get the harn of it, it might not be as bad as I first thought.
Finished the barleys - now on to the oats.
Yield and quality still as predicted last month, so far (see above).
Disappointing it is, very, all round, but not unexpected.
edit :- currently 6 days ahead of 1976 (finished barley that time 17th July). Not a very good omen for what's to come.
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