aka customersnot to mention the seething swathes of ppl and crime
Who's going ww in feb ?
- Thread starter bobk
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- Location
- north norfolk
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i know....i remember back in hay making time you said you'd love to farm in the dry east....i thought then 'yes but you'll have a lot less customers'
Indeed , so why are you .
hoping that the weather is good in feb is a bigger gamble - I'm giving myself 2 chances, if what im doing now doesn't work I can go again in feb. If it wet or under snow in feb you don't have another chance ....... that's a bigger gamble IMO
stakes are low when your drilling seed out the heap with no till fuel use
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Don’t forget you’ll have to pay the royalties on that seed though, whether it grows or rots, then another lot on whatever you may need to redrill with after, as clarified in another thread.....
Don’t forget you’ll have to pay the royalties on that seed though, whether it grows or rots, then another lot on whatever you may need to redrill with after, as clarified in another thread.....
technically that is correct - I always do what’s fair
- Location
- Cirencester
3-4 weeks to emerge, stuff locally that has been drilled has come through or just coming through not being bothered by crows. It's dry enough here to go so I'm going, it has two chances.
Wilberforce
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- Location
- North Shropshire
Stuff we drilled in October took 5 weeks to emerge. If it does't come right in Jan/Feb have always got the fall back option of Maize.
I dont want maize, dont care how good it is.
If you can go properly, you must go, if it stays averagely wet it will be no better before March April.
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Wilberforce
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- Location
- North Shropshire
Fair enough. Maize on the right land doest make a mess. As the ploughing photos above at @silverfox show.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Been doing the adding up and only once has December drilled wheat paid me better than April planted barley or oats here. Less concerned about the weather at sowing that the potential for a huge dollop of rain in January on frozen ground with barely emerged wheat on it.
That being said, I'd love to think I could get 100ac in between now and new year. Gear ready to go but only to keep spirits up.
That being said, I'd love to think I could get 100ac in between now and new year. Gear ready to go but only to keep spirits up.
- Location
- South Lincolnshire
I spent last weekend in the Stevenage area (family wedding!), so had a good look at an area from about 10 miles SW of Hitchin, through Baldock to just east of Buntingford. I was amazed at how free from waterlogging the fields were, and how much field work has been done, compared with Lincolnshire. Many fields ploughed, many fields of emerged wheat, and maize stubbles looking level and smooth with not a single wheel rut. Did not see any standing water. Driving around here you can always see a couple of fields on each side with standing water and/or serious rutting!
Tompkins
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- Location
- NE Somerset
Rightly or wrongly I've been drilling this week on our most forgiving land. Used the Claydon as it's much quicker than plough/combi and I'm not flush with staff! Hoping to get some rolled today.
I think I would be more inclined to plant spring barley after January here. Got to plant some beans at some point too...
I think I would be more inclined to plant spring barley after January here. Got to plant some beans at some point too...
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
I might somewhere dry enough to travel with a plough by next week...
Or maybe not
Or maybe not
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
Out of interest what are you planning to drill...
March obviously too late for the ww seed in the shed and spring wheat appears to be as rare as rocking horse poo... I'm looking at <10% ww (which may still fail), about 40% Spring beans and 50% fallow Well at least I wont have much of a tax bill in Jan 2021.... I’ve ordered spring barley with the proviso that I can have some w wheat instead, if it dries up feb/March .Out of interest what are you planning to drill...
Lucky that it’s only 24 acres plus a possible re drill on another 16 of winter barley. Already grow a big % of maize and having some beet this year. Already got OSR, Rye,wheat and barley in the ground by luck
SilliamWhale
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What about small ones?
Probably finish wheat sooner and start barley later
- Location
- Cirencester
You want to look at my stubbles........ It's so depressing I havent looked at them since they cut it, be lucky to even get it ploughing this Spring, suspect it will be Aug before it will dry out enough to rectify the damage. Never again