By its wet
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Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
Just like that here, our bales are all chopped and putting hay out was like getting lashed in the face in a hail storm. I had to wear safety glasses or I wouldn't have been able to see.
Just sat this morning wondering how I can make space to bring some ewes inside, we usually make it to Feb and bring them in after scanning. The trouble is there are to many hoggs in the sheds and also some cattle that need shifting. Why didn't I sell a load of store Lambs in Oct like I was thinking and get some cattle away at last weeks sale
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Exactly the same, 100 gimmer lambs sat bed blocking , scanning Friday and now juggling to see if I can keep ewes in after scanning, lambs may have to go out but every one keeps telling me there’s cold and snow next weekJust like that here, our bales are all chopped and putting hay out was like getting lashed in the face in a hail storm. I had to wear safety glasses or I wouldn't have been able to see.
Courier
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It’s called climate change now and 15 of the earth’s warmest years on record have happened this century - it’s not a myth…
livestock 1
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If it wasn’t for that thing called money global warming wouldn’t exist
Can't get my head around how accurate they recorded the temperatures all those years ago. Quoting several decimal points, just don't believe it was that accurate 100 years ago.
Saying that laying in 600 ewes next week, for my sanity as well as the sheep. No fun aquaplaning sideways across a bank in this weather with a 750kg silage bale behind the quad.
livestock 1
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There’s no doubt the climate has changed compared to what we used to get. We used to get long cold spells of significant snow which you would remember and more reliable long spells of dry settled weather in the summer. I wouldn’t be putting it down to global warming more like weather cycles.Can't get my head around how accurate they recorded the temperatures all those years ago. Quoting several decimal points, just don't believe it was that accurate 100 years ago.
Saying that laying in 600 ewes next week, for my sanity as well as the sheep. No fun aquaplaning sideways across a bank in this weather with a 750kg silage bale behind the quad.
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Been dry all day then about 3 o’clock it’s been torrential….I’m absolutely sodden through
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
Never let up all day, cold as well, miserable putting bales out today in driving rain. Trying to get some space to start bringing ewes in. They usually stay out until scanning first week of February but with the forecast and the mess now, can’t wait
Can remember wintering cows and calves outside in a wood and laying silage on the ground griping it off a trailer cant find a spot to feed the ewes now gets wetter every winter
muleman
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I tend to think of it as something pedalled by the bbc and vegan green agenda.
muleman
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We had prolonged showers all day then 2 pm absolutely torrential for an hour, things are a mess now.
beardface
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- East Yorkshire
Accurate records only go back about 100 years or so though. I'm no knocking the science just the very broad conclusions.
muleman
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We have 20 years records, hasnt altered in that time at all.
We could be entering a mini warm age (just like the one that happened when the Romans were here)....the opposite of the mini ice age that froze over the Thames in the late middle ages.
Every winter is wet around here…….no difference to normal.
That could be true, Roman fort next to us have evidence of the soldiers growing grapes around here. Our best crop nowadays is rushes