2019 all over again?

[Devil's advocate]

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

Sorry in what way are you letting the side down?

I've messed up, its just one of those things, will still enjoy Xmas.

 

[lloyd]

Sorry in what way are you letting the side down?

I was just jesting.
Most of it is getting planted now by plough and powerharrow drill.
Unfortunately one of our powerharrows is at the doctors.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I was just jesting.
Most of it is getting planted now by plough and powerharrow drill.
Unfortunately one of our powerharrows is at the doctors.

Its not fit for that here.

 

[David.]

Suspect @Flatlander could have woken up to snow.
3" last night to the West some.

 

[yellow belly]

For some in lincolnshire it very bad
wardys waffel river Witham over the banks

every time it rains now the Witham here is up and all the water that falls drains into the river 12 hour later it is at lincoln

 

[lloyd]

Its not fit for that here.

Anymore rain and will be like that around here.

 

[thorpe]

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)

just gamling and keeping wheat in the whol

 

[thorpe]

just gamling and keeping wheat in the whole field i dont know why it was afortnight later harvested!

 

[Flatlander]

Suspect @Flatlander could have woken up to snow.
3" last night to the West some.

Wet snow started around 5 and was 3-4 inches of heavy wet snow on the ground this morning. Lots of beans and some canola around here still. I have 450 acres of beans being pulled down in the snow. Not a pretty sight.

 

[David.]

Sorry to year that.
It is possible still that it will thaw, or not?

 

[Flatlander]

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

Not been in the house much lately to be honest but if our weather is anything to go by it’s been a tough month to get any remaining crop off. Friend finished wheat a couple of nights ago. But it was so wet it wouldn’t run out his truck. Lots of soybeans some canola and a host of corn still to take off. Won’t be plain sailing from now on.

 

[David.]

I believe that my friend will have done his remaining 800ac of canola by last weekend, had a reasonable run since we came home.

 

[Flatlander]

Sorry to year that.
It is possible still that it will thaw, or not?

Best case scenario is the snow melts and we get -10 days and -20 at night. That way it’s cold enough to keep the inside of the combine frozen so dust doesn’t accumulate and any snow will blow thru. Plus the ground will be solid and the header will slide over without pushing dirt. A good cold north wind will actually dry beans pretty good.

 

[Flatlander]

I believe that my friend will have done his remaining 800ac of canola by last weekend, had a reasonable run since we came home.

If I remember rightly you were out near Brandon. I’m two hours from their east. Out weather tends to be a lot wetter than there.

 

[David.]

If I remember rightly you were out near Brandon. I’m two hours from their east. Out weather tends to be a lot wetter than there.

That figures, nearer we got to Wpg, the more wheat there was still to do.
40min NW of Brandon actually, and weather is different again.

 

[thorpe]

our last drilled a week ago yesterday pre emed and pellet's between the rain, lighter land will be peeping through tomoz, stronger land gawd know's but the grouns covered in slug's and will get another dose as soon as poss, i have never seen the like's before had a dose pre drilling as well

 

[Renaultman]

more rain, not see the sun since Sat, just rains every day. Had enough of 2023

our last drilled a week ago yesterday pre emed and pellet's between the rain, lighter land will be peeping through tomoz, stronger land gawd know's but the grouns covered in slug's and will get another dose as soon as poss, i have never seen the like's before had a dose pre drilling as well

Is this after OSR or everywhere?

 

[Flatlander]

That figures, nearer we got to Wpg, the more wheat there was still to do.
40min NW of Brandon actually, and weather is different again.

Seems the last few years I this area crops don’t want to dry down line normally. Different fungicides have exacerbated this I’m sure but the heads are dry but every leaf is bright green.my yields this year again are very good but if I don’t get the beans off before winter really hits it will be expensive.

 

[David.]

Best of luck.

 

[thorpe]

Is this after OSR or everywhere?

mos.tly after osr. heavyer ground has gone cold!