Ha! A couple of local farmers who I know grow very good crops have theirs ready to harvest. Ultimately it doesn't matter to me what their bottom line looks like at the end of the year but I can't help looking over the hedge with a bit of envy.
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2017 Spring barley
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Ha! A couple of local farmers who I know grow very good crops have theirs ready to harvest. Ultimately it doesn't matter to me what their bottom line looks like at the end of the year but I can't help looking over the hedge with a bit of envy.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Im hoping for high
You wishing on ill will for your fellow farmers, just for your personal gain??
Or do you happen to have high N contracts?
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Im not that cruel, ive high n ground a lot of grass in rotation
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
In general with spring barley it seems that the good crops mature faster and more evenly. Those that have struggled through their life and those that have lower biomass do the opposite.
Sandy
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I'd say the opposite poor crops die off early
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
I can see both being true depending on the situation. Have thin zero-tilled 2nd wheat where the thinnest patches are still as green as anything and the decently thick bits are ripening normally. Same with last drilled field of spring barley which was droughted out and is very patchy.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
We cut a field of spring barley yesterday, it looks a good crop from the combine but yields are very average at about 2.25t/a.c. it's producing loads of straw which is a bit odd for a dry year.
My biggest concern isn't N levels but pre germ. I have heard of serveral loads of winter getting chucked up for it so it doesn't look good for the springs
My biggest concern isn't N levels but pre germ. I have heard of serveral loads of winter getting chucked up for it so it doesn't look good for the springs
Can't see it being anything other than high N year In Scotland this year.
Lowest rainfall ever from October to March followed by almost 2 months without rain until the end of May and now a wet June & July for it to suck it all up late.
Hope I'm wrong though as all mine is for under 1.65N market.
Will be interesting to see. Our winter barley averaged 1.65N, which is about normal. Fertiliser all went on in one go before the dry spell though.
Spring barley could be very different, was concerned during the dry spell that fertiliser was sitting on the surface and would not be available to the crops until later and giving high N, which is one of the reasons I irrigated most of our barley. Time will tell.
If this showery weather persists, then pre germination could be an issue as well.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
why would the winter rainfall affect it? less residual N washed out the soil?
That's the theory.
Ormond
Member
An experiment. Tramline on left had jaunt at 0.3 and 0.8l ha chlorothalonil green bit had Imtrex at 0.5 proline at 0.3 and 1l/ha of chlorothalnil. Good advert for sdhis. Be interesting to see yield difference.
Very interesting, will be interesting to see any yield difference and straw quality....keep us posted when it's cut
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Poacher
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Hi Robbie, we have just had our first seed crop spring barley earlier this week and its done 275 tonnes off 90 acres so just a tad over 3.000t per acre. Its a feed barley which produces a lot of straw to go with it. Not sure of many other spring barley results as yet but 3.0t per acre may well be a decent performance this year.
Poacher
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Hi Ormond,
The variety was EVELINA. The crop was a combination of some Basic for C1 and the majority C1 for C2 seed production with an excellent seed grower and farmer processor in Hampshire. We identified the variety a couple of years ago whilst visiting a Plant Breeder in Austria. We have felt since most plant breeders have bred out the straw length in favour of short strawed malting varieties there hasnt been any genuine tall strawed feed barleys since the days of Hart and Dandy that had tall straw, high grain yields and high disease resistance.
For several years growers have been using varieties such as Westminster as their tall strawed feed variety, albeit originally marketed for malting and then adopted by the feed grower as it was the tallest variety available, though it was not tall in comparison to the varieties Hart and Dandy. We have found EVELINA is extremely quick to establish and get away and very early to come to harvest. There doesnt appear to be any disease weaknesses with it and the samples we have produced have all been of a high spec weight, bold with very low screenings. We felt it would be an ideal option for the mixed farmer who values barley straw and also a variety which could help smother and compete with blackgrass where that was an issue.
Regards
Poacher
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
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Not trying to sell seed by any chance! ?
Not trying to sell seed by any chance! ?
Poacher
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
How could you suggest such a thing Chae !
Of course we have seed to sell and no more guilty of doing so than some other members on here.
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I ve found propino to be high yielding with plenty straw.
Growing laureate this year and looks like possible replacement for propino.
Growing laureate this year and looks like possible replacement for propino.
- Location
- Northumberland
Going all Donald on us?