Drilling anyone?

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
That,s why we been going back to the plough, to wet on top.

that not happening here, if we wanted to force it we could have today - if we have to wait until spring then we will

however, it wouldn't take a lot of drying really when it does stop - we have had 125mm over the last 2 weeks

plan B will be to park the disc drill and do it all with the CO6 and front hopper but I doubt (hope) it doesn't come to that
 

Fish

Member
Location
North yorkshire
Patienc

Patience, all things been equal we will get a dry forthnight and get it done .
I'm afraid it would have to be dry for a forthright before I would even think about getting the drill out again on this farm, it's been too wet for too long.
I went to get some spares yesterday and drove past a few field that had recently been drilled with the plough and combi, what a mess, water everywhere and that was on sandy ground.
Yes we have the equipment to force the crop in, to maul it in, but at some point you have to ask yourself, what the he*l are we doing.
The ground is wet, the drains are running, the dykes are full, rivers in full spate, it's a wet Autumn with more rain in the forecast, it ain't gonna let us out.
 
in 2012 the longest dry spell in october and November was 6 days

got to plant wheat on the same fields as that year they were moled and discordoned in 2012
after 5 years notill I have better soil conditions moled this spring
water getting away very quickly just need a dry spell before drilling and most importantly 3 days clear afterwards
in 2013 drilled 85% of the farm in aprill drilling on 29 days of the month
over the years forcing a crop in under not ideal conditions in the first half of October has always lost money
the early drilled or later drilled (under better conditions)has always done better
if it is not fit a spring crop is AWAYS better than a poor autumn crop
 

4course

Member
Location
north yorks
went to bed night last , looked out of window could see the stars and the leaves blowing almost horizontally from the trees . woke up about 5 , trip to the bathroom,looked out of window, concrete dry and puddles down lane all but gone. Back to bed actually went back to sleep. up again 7.15 looked out of window and its pee'd down . Now just waiting for drs surgery to open think im going to be preemptive and get my blood pressure checked
 

farmerm

Member
Location
Shropshire
if it is not fit a spring crop is AWAYS better than a poor autumn crop
Its just the potential for a cold wet spring followed by a hot dry May to scupper the chance of a fit spring crop... Mind you if we look at the positives of not getting drilled... any further knock to grain prices and it might turn out that not drilling would have been the sensible business decision!
 

Tompkins

Member
Location
NE Somerset
Been out with the hedge trimmer this morning, chances of strip tilling now are pretty much gone, plough and combi all the way now. Quite glad we never had time to chit stubble because where we did it's it's like sludge.
Oh and it's absolutely p***ing down again now...
 
Sunny Shropshire
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Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
@Clive I know its to wet at the moment just wondering out of the 2 drills 750a or your new Horsch which would go sooner or would there be no difference.


don't think there would be much (if anything ) in it - very similar coulters, maybe the wider spacing of the avatar might help reduce the chance of blockage ???

Our C06 conversion with front hoper would go way after either had stopped but is not as good a job - we just had a play with it on some very wet stubble this morning and we could drill the entire farm with that in current conditions but as it's still not late I'm not doing that just yet!
 

KB6930

Member
Location
Borders
Normally we would plough and sow this but even the sandy bits of field are saturated so with 3 dry days forecast we're getting it pulled up to dry a bit if it's not drilled at least it's ploughed ready for spring crop
 

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