- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Been a couple on twitter of some good looking triticale crops I think they were. Havent heard much on here recently.
Winter wheat yields
- Thread starter glasshouse
- Start date
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
everyone get rain last night?
What part of Country?
- Location
- Lincolnshire.
10mm
No to both, and none forecast.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Not a drop.
shakerator
Member
- Location
- LINCS
5mm
Lincolnshire rain band
Lincolnshire rain band
- Location
- Lincolnshire
5mm here.
No rain and none forecast.
Winter corn is short and a lot of thin spots. Spring barley is more soil than anything. All heavy ground. Smallest harvest ever
Muddyboots
Member
- Location
- Suffolk
I have never known a year like this where your screwed be it on light or heavy land.
We are on light land and are lucky enough to have good establishment. The trouble is that plants have bugger all rooting and all the moisture has gone. I have wheat stunted and wilting in this unrelenting east wind that has just stripped everything of moisture.
With no rain in the forecast i have come to terms with the probable outcome of 1 t/a which puts us at 25% of last year which was a record.
We are on light land and are lucky enough to have good establishment. The trouble is that plants have bugger all rooting and all the moisture has gone. I have wheat stunted and wilting in this unrelenting east wind that has just stripped everything of moisture.
With no rain in the forecast i have come to terms with the probable outcome of 1 t/a which puts us at 25% of last year which was a record.
true blue 1872
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North East Scotland
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
my father always drilled in September but could control the weeds and from1970 grew only winter crops all drilled before end of september
in years when the weather broke in september crops drilled later were never any good
now in future we either drill in the spring or before the end of september
1 in 15 rain in september like 2019 will prevent planting and the lessens from previous years is to wait till the spring
this allows extra bg control and would allow second wheat to be grabbed in dry autumns 2018
when we had a exta 30% wheat but 2020 harvest will be 1/3 of the planned area
in a 10 year period the area of wheat will not be much different but in individual years it will be higher or lower
imho this will produce the lowest cost and highest return and least long term risk
farm here heavy land over 400 ft high and higher rainfall than 5 miles away at 200 ft freer draining and less rain
have to farm the land and weather you have not farm and weather you hope for
- Location
- Bedfordshire
^^ This is becoming my thinking. Can't be doing with drilling beyond Oct 10th. You either want a good crop or no crop. Poor crops only loose you money.
I looked at spring barley and beans over 2 years, and gross margin less than one first wheat.
Continuous wheat here. When BG gets too bad then cover crop fallow or spring wheat/barley.
I looked at spring barley and beans over 2 years, and gross margin less than one first wheat.
Continuous wheat here. When BG gets too bad then cover crop fallow or spring wheat/barley.
Fish
Member
- Location
- North yorkshire
- Location
- Northumberlandia
aye 2mm early this morning... dry for rest of the month now & not much in June if you believe whats on the Tinternet
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Land got nowt left in it here after 2nd wheats & then the Take All gets you if ya not carefull. infact i only do 1st wheats on the worse land then back into something else now as the yields just drop
- Location
- Northumberland
Ditto 2mm. 4mm last Sunday was all I've recorded since March. We'll pay for this later!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
If I'd planted wheat mid September it would be a mess. But a silage-able mess.
Continuous ad rye is an option here.