Wheat harvest 2018

Breckland Boy

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Big estate next to me started last week. I was tempted to start mine today but thought I'd wait until tomorrow. It's going to be terrible. Will definitely be the earliest wheat harvest for me. Only numerous major breakdowns will prevent harvest ending in July.
 
Big estate next to me started last week. I was tempted to start mine today but thought I'd wait until tomorrow. It's going to be terrible. Will definitely be the earliest wheat harvest for me. Only numerous major breakdowns will prevent harvest ending in July.

They started for the local TV cameras last week then stoped as soon as they went away! A bit green in the shaded areas and believe it or not it was sprayed off with glyphosate only five days before. Not quite sure why they felt the need to spray off this year. Obviously their agronomist smelt a sale.

Then had the weekend off. I think they’ve got going today, like you.
 

DRC

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Member reported wheat (on strong land) leaning on overlaps, so must have utilised most or all of N applied and grown leggy. Hope for wheat yet?
I’ve got Shabras down on the lightest field on the farm. It has had ten years of hls grass then maize and lots of pig muck , but still makes me wonder what the variety would be like in a wet year.
 

WHA82

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I’ve got Shabras down on the lightest field on the farm. It has had ten years of hls grass then maize and lots of pig muck , but still makes me wonder what the variety would be like in a wet year.

I’ve got my reservations on Shabras as well, mine looks similar to what you’ve described.
 

DRC

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This is my other field of Shabras on stronger land. Had a good growth reg, and no more fertiliser than the other varieties . Don’t think I’ll dare grow it again.
Hutchinson’s trials it was all down apparently .
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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