Harvest/Yields 2020

jh.

jh.

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Farmer Fin said:
It’s not the combine. I did some reading up on it last year and I think they attribute it to weather when the husk is forming the adhesions. There also appears to be a variety variation. Have you started yet?
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Can glyphosate cause it ? Never used to hear of skinning problems until a few years ago so something has changed .

I won't be dealing with a certain company again after last year . Contract price was 175 , they multi depth sampled the shed , which we started putting into separate 30 ton batches rather than a big heap , results back at 2 to 4% then once loaded the intake made them above 8% , so rather than deduct like every other company I've ever dealt with they bumped us down to a spot 130 a ton contract but never told us until payment . All I had got up to that point from rep was due to skinning we can't pay full price , which I took as a deduction would be applied as my contract terms . I'd now rather grow feed than ever deal with that crowd again .
 
Flat 10

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
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Fen Edge
jh. said:
Can glyphosate cause it ? Never used to hear of skinning problems until a few years ago so something has changed .

I won't be dealing with a certain company again after last year . Contract price was 175 , they multi depth sampled the shed , which we started putting into separate 30 ton batches rather than a big heap , results back at 2 to 4% then once loaded the intake made them above 8% , so rather than deduct like every other company I've ever dealt with they bumped us down to a spot 130 a ton contract but never told us until payment . All I had got up to that point from rep was due to skinning we can't pay full price , which I took as a deduction would be applied as my contract terms . I'd now rather grow feed than ever deal with that crowd again .
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Disgraceful!
 
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sensiblefarmer

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jh. said:
Can glyphosate cause it ? Never used to hear of skinning problems until a few years ago so something has changed .

I won't be dealing with a certain company again after last year . Contract price was 175 , they multi depth sampled the shed , which we started putting into separate 30 ton batches rather than a big heap , results back at 2 to 4% then once loaded the intake made them above 8% , so rather than deduct like every other company I've ever dealt with they bumped us down to a spot 130 a ton contract but never told us until payment . All I had got up to that point from rep was due to skinning we can't pay full price , which I took as a deduction would be applied as my contract terms . I'd now rather grow feed than ever deal with that crowd again .
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Naughty.....Very Naughty!!!
 
robbie

robbie

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the brecks norfolk
jh. said:
Can glyphosate cause it ? Never used to hear of skinning problems until a few years ago so something has changed .

I won't be dealing with a certain company again after last year . Contract price was 175 , they multi depth sampled the shed , which we started putting into separate 30 ton batches rather than a big heap , results back at 2 to 4% then once loaded the intake made them above 8% , so rather than deduct like every other company I've ever dealt with they bumped us down to a spot 130 a ton contract but never told us until payment . All I had got up to that point from rep was due to skinning we can't pay full price , which I took as a deduction would be applied as my contract terms . I'd now rather grow feed than ever deal with that crowd again .
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We had similar, we had a 3 year rolling contract first year fine second year we fixed a price at 185 but come harvest the open market price had dropped to about 130, tested at harvest and I then requested re testing pre movement in october and both tests came back as perfect quality once theyd got it they found every fault going, skinning,screenings, moisture you name it and the price they paid was..... suprise suprise 130!!!!!

The next year was the last year but I was a God awful harvest (2012 I think) and our contract was 135 by harvest it was 185+ but like many others we'd suffered and had a short fall in the tonnage by about a lorry load, they demanded we pay or supply them with a load the next year for free.
It was and will be the last malting barley they have off us, I'll grow feed and fudge them, I'll happily Iive without a paltry premium for a bit of barley.
 
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sensiblefarmer

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teslacoils said:
www.fwi.co.uk

Harvest 2020: Lincs wheat crop hits bumper 15t/ha-plus yield - Farmers Weekly

Tim Lamyman has just cut a bumper 15t/ha-plus wheat crop by encouraging rooting and keeping his crop green for as long as possible, which helped counter a
www.fwi.co.uk www.fwi.co.uk

Sigh. Always one.
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There was a AHAH (the pop group) song some years ago "The Sun Aways Shines On TV" or in farming's case "The Sun Always Shines In Farmers Weekly"
I'm just waiting for the big 'eads around The Wash to boast (can't be long to wait now).
I suggest to FW that they should think of the grower yielding 15 t of off 15 acres and how they're feeling!
Sorry I can't help but feel that FW is losing the plot. They side and give support to the I suggest minority of those of same sex persuasion ( I have no problems with that view, each to their own) but they should be careful of the Mind F*** occurring within the brains of the rest of us enduring this total SH 1 T two tonne harvest.
So keep on, keep on lads, lasses we'll get there the end, stuff any of the unhelpful trade, remember them as they may not be around for long, but us farmers will.
It's hard for many with crop out to laugh, but laughter is a great tonic.
Meanwhile I take comfort in the fact that most Gay men are better looking than me...so on that point there's more women for me!
 
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DrWazzock

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
I found skinning to be a very hit and miss and affair when I tried for malting. Didn’t seem to be a lot I could do about it with combine settings so I just send it all as feed now and give it a damn good thrashing.
Loaded out my first load of feed barley this morning with high winds and lashing it down. Fortunately we got the wagon in the shed with a bit of careful manoeuvring. That’s my only reasonably dry stuff gone though it’s slightly over. I’ll need to dry the rest but at least I have room now to get all the wheat in when it dries up, which doesn’t look like any time soon.
 
Farmer Fin

Farmer Fin

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Aberdeenshire
jh. said:
Can glyphosate cause it ? Never used to hear of skinning problems until a few years ago so something has changed .

I won't be dealing with a certain company again after last year . Contract price was 175 , they multi depth sampled the shed , which we started putting into separate 30 ton batches rather than a big heap , results back at 2 to 4% then once loaded the intake made them above 8% , so rather than deduct like every other company I've ever dealt with they bumped us down to a spot 130 a ton contract but never told us until payment . All I had got up to that point from rep was due to skinning we can't pay full price , which I took as a deduction would be applied as my contract terms . I'd now rather grow feed than ever deal with that crowd again .
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Not sure. We only do the outside with glyphosate and the occasional field. Who was that, DM if you like? - we just got deductions last year no rejections. Bet you feed loads were happily blended and malted a treat.
 
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DRC

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Managed a small 11 acre field of spring barley yesterday afternoon. Down but not completely flat . Doing a conservative 3 ton .moisture was 18.5 down to 16.5
Straw didn’t Break up and luckily got it baled and stacked . Flood on the field this morning .
Another 30 acres to do in a similar state.
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robbie

robbie

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the brecks norfolk
Farmer Fin said:
Not sure. We only do the outside with glyphosate and the occasional field. Who was that, DM if you like? - we just got deductions last year no rejections. Bet you feed loads were happily blended and malted a treat.
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We cart it direct into the mill and watch it go down the intake pit knowing the thieving scubbag con merchants cant get there fingers on it and blend it away for there own gains.
 
Two Tone

Two Tone

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Mixed Farmer
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Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Having turned the Battery Isolator switch to Off on Sunday, I got called to Combine our neighbours Mulika yesterday.
Between 16.5 to 15% and about 2.5t/a. Harvested really fast !
Often found that Mulika can be a bugger to thrash, but this was easy.

I’ve seen it said that this is the worst harvest in 30 years. For us 2012 was worse than 2020, not only yield wise, but costs wise too! That year it all looked so good until Microdochium Nivale got to it in June. We could only get 24 tonnes on a 29 tonne ABT due to ultra low bushel weights.

How many times have we seen an absolute corker of a year, followed by a terrible one?
2011 - 2012 Wheat yielding 50% of the previous year
2019 - 2020 Wheat yielding 70% of the previous year

1984 - 1985 Wheat yielding 66% of the previous year
1987 was the bad Moulin year.
1990 was a good year if you got the harvest finished in July. Most were September!
 
bankrupt

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EX17/20
Two Tone said:
I’ve seen it said that this is the worst harvest in 30 years.
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Here, it all depends upon which aspect of worst one is currently considering. - for example:-

WW yields worst since 2012 - 8 years.
WB yields worst since 1989 - 31 years
Sprouting worst since 1985 - 35 years
WO yields worst since 1982 - 38 years
Green corns worst since 1974 - 46 years
Shedding worst since 1965 - 55 years.

Profitability worst since 1947, when weight of snow took down a barn full of cows, milk from the survivors had to be poured away for a month, and harvest was never completed due to record flooding.

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