2019 all over again?

[Devil's advocate]

What's winter wheat like, when sown mid Feb?

I've done it with barley loads of straw, I think wheat will be the opposite?

 

[Devil's advocate]

500 Canada geese on one of my stubbles, only 4 acre they pretty much covered it.

 

[thorpe]

What's winter wheat like, when sown mid Feb?

I've done it with barley loads of straw, I think wheat will be the opposite?

sowed w/wheat here after fodder beet on 10th of march this year did circa 2.5T acre , i think we were lucky!

 

[thorpe]

500 Canada geese on one of my stubbles, only 4 acre they pretty much covered it.

that's a bit of a high stocking rate for red tractor

 

[Wombat]

sowed w/wheat here after fodder beet on 10th of march this year did circa 2.5T acre , i think we were lucky!

I patched some in in Feb this year and it never made it to harvest

 

[Devil's advocate]

that's a bit of a high stocking rate for red tractor

Need a machine gun, thankfully they don't touch veg, even the young plants, if they did I would be bankcrupt.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I patched some in in Feb this year and it never made it to harvest

Patching is different to a well prepared field though, ploughed in decent conditions (we hope) and with a frost mould.

 

[bobk]

Just been to Shrops , not much sown , nothing emerged , plenty of maize to cut

 

[Andy12345]

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But look at the forecast temperatures for Rutland! 30+C for the weekend and early next week. But to be honest I’m beginning to doubt we are going to manage 27C today it’s midday and still only 11C!
At least with this forecast I can be pretty sure they’ve got it wrong!

My Weather Pro is doing exactly the same its giving me a high of 33 C next week !!! Some sort of glitch in the matrix I'd say !

 

[Jsmith2211]

Just been to Shrops , not much sown , nothing emerged , plenty of maize to cut

Theres a bit sewn but not a lot, and a bit emerged too. What is up in rows looks decent.

 

[Devil's advocate]

sowed w/wheat here after fodder beet on 10th of march this year did circa 2.5T acre , i think we were lucky!

Big difference between mid Feb & mid March. Plus this year has been poor for spring barley the obvious alternative so 2.5 ton not bad really. A more normal summer spring barley yeilds would be likely a ton/acre more than this year. Wheat versus spring barley sown Feb, the wheat would be much hardier. From 1st March maybe spring barley would get a way quicker?

Plus this year it was dry mid Feb & sodden by 10th March (from memory)

 

[Devil's advocate]

Just been to Shrops , not much sown , nothing emerged , plenty of maize to cut

Reads like, Shrops is a farming hell hole, do they grow potatoes there?

 

[bobk]

Reads like, Shrops is a farming hell hole, do they grow potatoes there?

Things aren't good for sure

 

[EddieB]

A few more beans in today and pre-em on.

 

[bobk]

A few more beans in today and pre-em on.

Plssed down all morning

 

[Wombat]

Plssed down all morning

pee'd down from 10am till 4:30 here

 

[APJ]

Reads like, Shrops is a farming hell hole, do they grow potatoes there?

It’s safe to say it’s a soggy hole that won’t dry out, some lads on sandier ground are cracking on whilst the rest just watch!

 

[bobk]

Think the weather is pretty sh!t in the states @Flatlander ,

 

[lloyd]

Just been to Shrops , not much sown , nothing emerged , plenty of maize to cut

Should have come a bit further down to Herefordshire i'm virtually
the only one letting the side down.

 

[bobk]

It’s safe to say it’s a soggy hole that won’t dry out, some lads on sandier ground are cracking on whilst the rest just watch!

If you lot struggle we're f''''d