Wheat drilling 2020

4course · Sep 26, 2020

Renaultman said:
Just a meh! Day here in Darlo. Worked a bit of land in the hopes that it nap over by tomorrow.

no way we could work any land today mizzle,however took arisk ploughs have been away and hope to hell its dry and blowing overnight as there will be a lump that will need to be sown tomorrow that needs to nap over. we in times past including the last few years would not work full on on a sunday /saturday yes at harvest but not sowing one but not both to give everyone a rest ,.Pressure on the lads as i type fuelling up and putting cultivators /ph on to be ready to start in the morning around 7am

Wombat · Sep 26, 2020

carbonfibre farmer said:
If no more rain, 4days ish.
For @robbie on his land, 2hrs

But we've had more today, and forecast for next week plus, looks pretty crap.

If it'd been 20mm then wouldn't have stopped people so hard but that amount will f##k things up somewhat.

Ahh ok the amounts I have heard on here would be season over in this area

Hammer · Sep 26, 2020

Wombat said:
How long will it stop people for?

A week at least on our land, and that’s with a drying wind. Forecast is unsettled from midweek on though so could be a fair bit longer.

Wombat · Sep 26, 2020

Hammer said:
A week at least on our land, and that’s with a drying wind. Forecast is unsettled from midweek on though so could be a fair bit longer.

We had 75mm last week of sept last year and that was game over till we got lucky in Jan and got 2days

Northern territory · Sep 26, 2020

It’s the intensity of the rain. Even when they say showers it rains so hard.

carbonfibre farmer · Sep 26, 2020

Wombat said:
Ahh ok the amounts I have heard on here would be season over in this area

For us, with stubble untouched, and plough/harrow then tine drill 4 days ish about right. (And small gear too)
Neighbours subsoiled then straight over with a sumo type mixing implement to create stale seed bed about 3 weeks after combining it...........that'll take a fair bit more time

bobk · Sep 26, 2020

They'll be flying on Monday morning

Renaultman · Sep 26, 2020

4course said:
no way we could work any land today mizzle,however took arisk ploughs have been away and hope to hell its dry and blowing overnight as there will be a lump that will need to be sown tomorrow that needs to nap over. we in times past including the last few years would not work full on on a sunday /saturday yes at harvest but not sowing one but not both to give everyone a rest ,.Pressure on the lads as i type fuelling up and putting cultivators /ph on to be ready to start in the morning around 7am

I am an atheist and at this time of year I don't even know what day of the week it is

Was my lightest field and possibly should have left it till tomorrow but hopefully tomorrow it will drill as most of it was drilled Tuesday and I want to get it all rolled.
After that, waiting for oat seed, beans to be cut, then 2nd wheats, in an ideal world that would all happen early next week.

Renaultman · Sep 26, 2020

carbonfibre farmer said:
For us, with stubble untouched, and plough/harrow then tine drill 4 days ish about right. (And small gear too)
Neighbours subsoiled then straight over with a sumo type mixing implement to create stale seed bed about 3 weeks after combining it...........that'll take a fair bit more time

It depends on how wet/dry it is before it rains here. The 40+ mm of rain has only just got the drains running here, so hopefully it will dry up quickly.

carbonfibre farmer · Sep 26, 2020

Renaultman said:
It depends on how wet/dry it is before it rains here. The 40+ mm of rain has only just got the drains running here, so hopefully it will dry up quickly.

Drains and ditches got going quick!
It was bloody dry round here though before this deluge tbf.

APJ · Sep 26, 2020

Great conditions here, cracking on our best yields always come from sowing now aim to be done by next weekend, fingers crossed.

4course · Sep 26, 2020

ha , in response to renaulltman , nor am I an atheist though could be said im a selective believer and have come o the view that whatever your god im not going to let him/her get in my way of getting sown up otherwise that would rule out working friday sat and sunday

Renaultman · Sep 26, 2020

carbonfibre farmer said:
Drains and ditches got going quick!
It was bloody dry round here though before this deluge tbf.

Was bloody dry here too. Drains and ditches are just starting to run. If it stays like this we can get a lot done

yellow belly · Sep 26, 2020

Half wheat done
very cold this morning here like November

Wombat · Sep 26, 2020

APJ said:
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Great conditions here, cracking on our best yields always come from sowing now aim to be done by next weekend, fingers crossed.

Cannot even see us getting started by then based on current ground and forecast

Fish · Sep 26, 2020

Wombat said:
Looks a nicer day with you, been horizontal rain and drizzle most of the day here

Yes, been lucky I guess as we have just been on the edge of the rain all day, couldn't see Sutton bank just 5 miles east, but could see great wernside which has godda be 30 miles west.

Chae1 · Sep 26, 2020

Phil P said:
Have seed in the field makes a big difference, but big long square fields also help! Unfortunately I only have a couple of 50/60ac fields, the rest are usually more like 10/20ac.

Sounds same as up here. One place 85 acres in ten fields. Folding power harrow, drill comes in handy in bits like that.

Phil P · Sep 26, 2020

Chae1 said:
Sounds same as up here. One place 85 acres in ten fields. Folding power harrow, drill comes in handy in bits like that.

Folding ph/drill and front hopper along with disc coulters has been a game changer for me, use to have to drop the drill off to move fields and it only held 6cwt! can get best part of a ton in the front hopper and knock on.

ajd132 · Sep 27, 2020

pleased we have done about half our autumn drilling, forecast doesnt look great for the start of october. will try and knock some more out monday through to wednesday when the next deluge comes through thursday

fingermouse · Sep 27, 2020

About a 1/3rd of wheat in with us , best seedbeds for years everything even the snotty stuff is turning over lovely will carry on with wheat till end of next week then drill barley and then back onto wheat
Forecast does look a bit more unsettled mid week but plough and combi right behind comes into its own then might be steady compared to a lot round here now but it ( last year apart ) gets us over the finish line

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