Harvest 2023

Devon James

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Location
Devon
A grab it while you can type of harvest. Nice crop of Memento barley. Bales may need to go through a straw chopper! But what do ya do
 

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Barleymow

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Ipswich
Anyone else struggling to get motivated for harvest?
Usually I can’t wait to get going but this year I can’t get excited. I’ve got winter barley for the first time in 20 years but it looks rubbish! It’s Tardis and I’ll be lucky if it does 2.5t/acre. Looked awful with bydv, the ears are small, the grain looks pinched and it doesn’t even have that nice golden look! We keep getting small showers coming through which I’m using an excuse to leave the combine in the shed!
I'll just have to watch the test match instead … I hope rain doesn’t stop play at Headingly. Come on England!
Yup ,older I get less urge to start,dad always took the lead in deciding when it was fit, last 6 yrs it's been up to me as he is no longer here
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
Started on Saturday at 15.8%, didnt take long to get below 15%, doing just over 3.5t/a. California and cassia work well for us.
on again yesterday but looks an on/off week ahead and expect to use the drier a lot.
That barley looks a bit like mine. Why is it the sodding stuff goes from barely ripe to falling over so quick?! Spring barley is worse.
 

MrNoo

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Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
I can’t be arsed to read the whole thread but I assume the farming pundits in the various publications are claiming the usual disapointing 15 ton/ha crops all sold off the field for malting at 13% moisture?
Agronomist was saying out of his customers there was one with 8.9t/ha @12.5% (over a weigh bridge) most of the others are around the 6.5t mark. He reckoned a lot were caught out by how dry it was, 20mm of rain Sat will soon sort that out. No WB for myself, just WW and SB. He reckoned some will be in OSR next week, weather permitting
 

e3120

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Northumberland
Share your harvest yields and compare them with others.

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What's the payment rate for this market intel?

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Hi, yes only growers have access to the information.

This is a "sneaky" release before we launch in a few days 🗓️

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