State of your crops?

benny6910

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Kerrin looking reasonably well considering the stress is had recently
 

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benny6910

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Wet tramlines drains running

all crops desperately need dry weather warmers temperatures and some sunny bright weather

or if it stay dull and wet into June yields will be no better than last year uk 13 million tonnes of wheat or less
How much rain have you had this month? We’ve got away lightly compared to some with just over 100mm.
 

Phil P

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Arable Farmer
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Thinking we just need sunshine now.
Definitely! Not looking to promising at the moment though ☹️ And another 10 -14 days of this and I doubt it will be to late for grain fill on the winter barleys 🤦‍♂️. I was hoping for some big bold grains with the barley been on the thinner shorter side but not holding my breath now.
 

Renaultman

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Darlington
Definitely! Not looking to promising at the moment though ☹ And another 10 -14 days of this and I doubt it will be to late for grain fill on the winter barleys 🤦‍♂️. I was hoping for some big bold grains with the barley been on the thinner shorter side but not holding my breath now.
Same here, luckily I haven't got to much in.
 

Trev91

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Update - Red Deer corner :-

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Ears gone on about 3 acres, so far.
I would gladly come down and help out with the problem, the stags on most deer are in season at the moment as the does may have dependents. There is actually a law which states that you can cull deer out of season if they are "actively cause damage" not that I would do that unless I knew the doe did not have a dependent, which you could never tell.
 

Spencer

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The price did fall out of bed which stopped a lot of “management” here as well. Currently having between 30-50 reds making a right mess in my spring oats each evening and the management team watching them :mad:
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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