Paul Gosling
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Driving round the country crops look very well and now the rain has removed fears of drought are we looking at a record harvest this year?
Driving round the country crops look very well and now the rain has removed fears of drought are we looking at a record harvest this year?
Driving round the country crops look very well and now the rain has removed fears of drought are we looking at a record harvest this year?
The drought has already damaged spring crops - in places there are very few tillers and short main stems. Oilseed rape ravaged by cabbage stem flea beetle and the gaps in the crop now full of weeds and pigeons. Definitely not a bumper harvest for these. Wheat looks ok but now needs sunshine without too much heat to fill the grains.
Yes. Its nothing like it so far, apart from last 2 weeks been wet.Remember 2012?
Satellite yield prediction here suggesting a near 10t average for wheat which would be a farm record if it happened
Shows lower potential for OSR of 3.6t despite it looking ok and no bare bits etc so disappointing there, lower than the last 5 years
Beans look like crop of the year potentially
Oats look poor and suffered through the dry spell
All depends upon weather between now and harvest though, cool but sunny days required now