- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
They do, I hope you are using a robust seed rate! then the crop will get away from the slugs in most years!!
Wheat drilling 2020
- Thread starter Flintstone
- Start date
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
there might not be that amount of beet this year, early reports are horrible!!Blackgrass, breakdowns, poor weather, bydv and lack of seed in that order. Must try harder. Would have liked to get some winter barley in this week or end of last but it wasn’t to be. Forecast is terrible. There is also over 3000t beet to lift.....
My contractor was fairly up upbeat last week....
Yes, the beet here for AD, doesn’t look great. Virus yellows have really hit it hard .
Decent seed rate, underdressed so should grow quickly and it’s had A total of 6kg of ferric half down spout and half on top. The slot is closed (95% of the time anyway). Fingers crossed.
- Location
- Mid Lincolnshire,UK
Was that meant to be a pun?
cider_eater
Member
- Location
- north of Lands End
On medium heavy land, what to drill wheat or barley? tonnage and profit?
without knowing preceding crop, any local markets for straw or grain, chances are wheat as higher yield and higher prices (currently....)
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
id be tempted to sow either now , why,?
1we dont know prices next year but reckon the gap between ww an w b will not be as much
2wb will cost less to grow and less management time
3depends on your rotation for following year
4as all the world and his dog in the uk are sowing ww nothing wrong with going against the flow
5ww straw may well be abundant next year but the reduction in sp barley and in wb may mean there is a premium for barley straw
6wb could well be in the bank in august
7ww depending on rotation will probably yield more
8depends if you are in a straw outlet area wether for sale or muck for straw
9the coin ive tossed came up ww but as im not an inverate gambler we are sowing both
10 the choice is yours but a word of caution whatever you do will be wrong
Very good
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
update.last field number 5 sown and drill man knocked of at 2.30 am last night was a tad late in this morning but the other 2 who had knocked of at 8.30 pm and midnight having got as far as they could had got another bit ploughed and 1/2 worked so got that 10 acre sown and then the showers started so drill stopped once up to worked mark ,plough rightly or wrongly finished field so weve ended up winning our own gamble plus a bit but now with a few acres of plough getting wetter ,though its job well done and now caught up and back to needing 5 normal days to finish which for the last day of sept is in front of usual, a g & t beckons then sleep
barleybasher
Member
I'm not enjoying the russian roulette with the drilling again, have been waiting for the obvious reasons but the weather seems to have set in super wet now. Patience is a virtue I guess!
It’s not easy when you see pictures of the world and his wife flat out drilling
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
the way this weather is panning out again your choice may be Spring Wheat vs Spring Barley..!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
None drilled. Will wait.
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Words I recall using this time last year... when a few dry days finally arrived in February I should have waited some more
Starting to think I should have cracked on and got the Barley in 3 weeks agoNothing drilled here. Wheat after osr waiting for blackgrass and 2nd wheat fields seem clean but no seed dressing so too early.
Part of me happy to see rain as will stop me having to watch all the neighbours drilling away. Fingers crossed will get a break in the weather and drill up middle of the month. Got all drilled up last year so remaining calm at moment despite rain hammering down.
Part of me happy to see rain as will stop me having to watch all the neighbours drilling away. Fingers crossed will get a break in the weather and drill up middle of the month. Got all drilled up last year so remaining calm at moment despite rain hammering down.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Now surpassed last years Autumn drilling attempt here 
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Managed a bit more yesterday afternoon to finish a field started Wednesday morning. Tractor was struggling along at times but the tine drill came into it's own. Muddled in
.Managed a bit more yesterday afternoon to finish a field started Wednesday morning. Tractor was struggling along at times but the tine drill came into it's own. Muddled in
Happy with KV? Did it replace the Vicon drill you had for sale in the classifieds?Now surpassed last years Autumn drilling attempt here
Managed a bit more yesterday afternoon to finish a field started Wednesday morning. Tractor was struggling along at times but the tine drill came into it's own. Muddled in
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Words I recall using this time last year... when a few dry days finally arrived in February I should have waited some more
Certainly the wheat after ab15 would not go - ryegrass germination has really kicked off. Rest would have gone. But I don't own a drill. I should be first in the queue when it dries up.