What is it to be fed to what is the feed value?
State of your crops -2022
- Thread starter Jerry
- Start date
An AD plant
Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Tour de France in 10 days. Always a good way to assess the progress of French harvest.
Back in to maize by Monday?
That’d be an interesting experiment.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
@silverfox its such a shame to think your packing up, I don't blame you and I'm sure your doing what's right but there's so many farmers out there who should have packed up years ago because they can't farm for toffee and then there's your farm
capfits
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Due to start Tayside this coming week.
Last were only sown 3 weeks ago.
On a wider note cropping looking excellent here in Angus. Winter barely on some units will be touching 5t/ acre and overall developmentally 10 days ahead of last year. Possible mid August spring barley start.
APJ
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- Location
- West Midlands(Shropshire borders)
APJ
Member
- Location
- West Midlands(Shropshire borders)
Kws Tardis not far off either.
APJ
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- Location
- West Midlands(Shropshire borders)
Sorry so far we’ve had a good growing season, probably have a wet harvest now unfortunatelyCan those in Shropshire only post pictures of the bad parts of their crops for the sanity of the drought hit farmers!
Quit while you’re ahead maybe@silverfox its such a shame to think your packing up, I don't blame you and I'm sure your doing what's right but there's so many farmers out there who should have packed up years ago because they can't farm for toffee and then there's your farm
- Location
- Northumberland
Maybe he has borrowed @teslacoils crystal ball and has also selected an autumn from hell to step off the merry-go-round.@silverfox its such a shame to think your packing up, I don't blame you and I'm sure your doing what's right but there's so many farmers out there who should have packed up years ago because they can't farm for toffee and then there's your farm
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I merely traded for a smaller, but seemingly more intense merry-go-round.
How far are you in Angus, geographically, from Fife?
- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
West Perthshire looking ok, but getting some burnt parts in lighter areas, an inch of gentle rain would help a lot but needs to be soon although as long as temps don't get too high may be ok. As usual the areas where you thought you'd got on top of the wild oats appear now but wheat is green to the floor apart from tip scorch, everything is looking good apart from the aforementioned drought problems.
- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
Between 2 and 20 miles!!!!
- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
I always find that winter barley is the crop with the widest swings in yield (here), harvest 21 was the best yield ever with 9t/ha of 2 row and I don't have any in this year, seems to do well if we get some rain in May whereas the rest of the cereal crops need it in June/July.
capfits
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20 miles north of Tay on edge of hills.
@Secret Agronomist yes winter barley is either amazing or what are we doing here?
I suspect the temperature and amount of light in spring is the driver to results.
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