- Location
- Lincolnshire
Am I concerned? No, nothing drilled, but I couldn't give one, quite frankly. At £120 per ton it isnt worth getting out of bed.
Open a museum .
No, I can not sow wheat, I do direct sowing, there are some that work, but I do not like how it looks is a very rare year
What hurts me is not to sow wheat what I have harvested from sunflower, because I can sow sunflower in what I do not sow cereal but sunflower after sunflower I do not see it. Normally sunflower, here fertilizer is not tiled
Before spring barley was planted, even in March, but now if you don't plant it before February 15 as the springs are getting less rainy it is not interesting to sow it
yet again a forecast has turned to crapApparently rain from tonight all through to Tuesday for us. Ah well.
yet again a forecast has turned to crap
I'm going away , you should , games up now.
tried that what seems like weeks ago , have decided to wait as what we have sown (2/3rds) is at least emerging other than a couple of ponds , This last few days whilst still having the odd rain/shower event putting paid to any action the land is gradually getting drier i.e its not yet drying on top but at least the rainfall is getting away faster than its falling so we are still in with a chance. Ww up to vernalization cut off is better here than sp barley ive proved that to myself more than once in the last few decadesJust hook the mf 30 behind the power harrow
Here in the north of Castile it is excessively humid, the terrain is too heavily loaded for good planting, however there are areas further south that are even claiming some rain.@Spanish Is it too wet or too dry now? My wife teaches Spanish and is always interested in the situation in Spain.
I do sometimes wonder why you punish yourself with farming. Let the wife grow some flowers*, let some land and enjoy yourself fixing stuff.Quite happy in the shed doing thorough refurbs. Maybe I ought to make that my new business. Started on the cleaner loader now. Treating it to a new set of rollers and sprockets. I actually prefer refurbing equipment, sourcing or making or subcontracting manufacture of obsolete parts when compared to going up and down on the tractor all day. I find the history of agricultural machinery design fascinating and love getting things back to good working order, not to the kind of sh!t state that dealers turn out. Also had a call out today to do some welding on site for a mate. Lovely jubbly.
Quite happy in the shed doing thorough refurbs. Maybe I ought to make that my new business. Started on the cleaner loader now. Treating it to a new set of rollers and sprockets. I actually prefer refurbing equipment, sourcing or making or subcontracting manufacture of obsolete parts when compared to going up and down on the tractor all day. I find the history of agricultural machinery design fascinating and love getting things back to good working order, not to the kind of sh!t state that dealers turn out. Also had a call out today to do some welding on site for a mate. Lovely jubbly.
You can't compare your ground to other areas in the country , your crops look very well , you should be proud of your achievement , but we have 3 claydons in the area and they have done nothing , and unlikely to till it dries up , we run lighter machinery now having seen the damage that 13 ton tractors can doThe three main reasons people haven’t been able to get on in this wet autumn are some, one, or all of the following:
1. People who have bloody great big heavy kit who are set up to go for max acres per day, but instead they’re unable to move.
2. People who have cultivated behind the combine.
3. People who’ve gone down the DD route but with overly complicated six figure drills that have been developed during the last few dusty and easy autumns.
I’ve been on drilling last week and got another 200 acres in for other farmers on heavy land that hasn’t been moved until the drill went in the field. It went in well. That’s 1100 acres drilled so far. Heavy land is not a reason not to be drilling in a damp year if the soil has been left well alone post-harvest and the overall structure is good.
I’ve watched people in the last month wait to get their cultivated soil to a moisture level that they’re happy to work it in front of the drill, and then get rained off yet again after they’ve done yet another pass, and I can fully understand their frustration.
Unmoved ground drills at least 75% sooner than moved ground, and it’s largely the awkward timing of the rain in October that caused the problems and not just the volume.
I’ve learned that my choice of system in 2015 has been a lucky one for me this year, and whilst there’s no right or wrong way, one thing for sure is that when it comes to working with the soil, sometimes less really is more.
It’s not all good though. Unable to get aphicide on is a worry, especially with the mild weather we’ve had.
View attachment 841608