Martyn
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- Location
- South west
I wanted some to stay in Cornwall
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
Won't they be out of sink for your autumn calving group?
Nice Ruby Red.
Both of ours were total gents, Big John should be fine.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Anyone had any rain yet?
None of any note so far here and not convinced we are going to get any still
None of any note so far here and not convinced we are going to get any still
Yep
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
None yet, husband is having kittens because he put fertiliser on for 3rd cut yesterday 
- Location
- somerset
sprinkle, that's all, desperately needed now.
Homesy
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- Location
- North West Devon
Same here.
It's the hope that kills.
- Location
- somerset
well all the hay is stacked away, been supplementing the dairy with some hay, to eke out what grass we have, thinking the promised rain would help growth, fudged that right up.
Why October? A wet July and it will fly
- Location
- somerset
moisture is all it needs, to get going again, trouble is, we only get that, when we don't want it.
Old saying round here, is 'febuary fill dyke', basically saying we need a lot of late winter rain, to recharge the aquifers, our stream was a trickle in feb, dry now for nearly 3 months. And we haven't had a wet feb, for ages. Used to lamb the ewes late jan, early feb, because feb was a 'nice' month, dry, to turn ewes and lambs out, now long gone, and not missed.
And that is where we are, dry, made worse here, by being quite exposed, a lot of hills face south, as well, rain comes up through the valley, and splits off, either side of us.
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Wet and July don't go together round here.
Went to West Scotland a few weeks ago and a farmer said June is his most successful month for reseeding. I thought he was taking the p*ss
Only month dry enough!Wet and July don't go together round here.
Went to West Scotland a few weeks ago and a farmer said June is his most successful month for reseeding. I thought he was taking the p*ss
Aug is our 3rd wettest month on average. Winter barley is turning fast, near garantee rain in July when the combines pull out the shed
- Location
- somerset
whether its climate change, or changing climate, something has definitely altered.
Similar here, August 2nd wettest month, had just over a inch here and grass hopefully will be back up to over a 100 again
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Growth of 61 here over last week , must be all that ryegrass .don’t know what all the fuss is about 