Are we heading for another dry spring?

[yellow belly]

It’s springs like this that put me off a lot of bird seed and pollinator options. Small shallow drilled seeds, late spring, no chance of a decent take here.

Too cold
Best establishment for stewardship is from
Late April or may planting
Only cultivate when it is dry enough
In a dry spell just befor the drill

 

[M-J-G]

It rained here last week and we just finished drilling on Friday so I'm not classing it as too dry yet.

Nothing can be done about it apart from adjusting management to suit, so unless there's a plan to let dry spring weather determine the farms management policies going forward there's no point in focusing on it too much.

 

[Wombat]

It rained here last week and we just finished drilling on Friday so I'm not classing it as too dry yet.

Nothing can be done about it apart from adjusting management to suit, so unless there's a plan to let dry spring weather determine the farms management policies going forward there's no point in focusing on it too much.

We have changed ours as the crazy wet winters then going dry for a few months like last year certainly makes spring cropping a pia without changes

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Driest March here for many years.
Just hope with this cold spell coming it doesn't do like last year, and dry out before it warms up enough to really grow.

 

[Al R]

24th of Feb we had rain and then 19mm on the 12/13th March and nothing since. Getting very dry here now :/

 

[yellow belly]

Dry March 2012
Wettest summer ever

 

[teslacoils]

UK overall better in the dry.
No real rain since it stopped in Feb.
This is recompense for the shocker of a winter. Long may it continue. I'd be happy with 400mm anual rainfall rather than our 550mm.

 

[neilo]

Dry March 2012
Wettest summer ever

I heard them say on the weather forecast the other day that it was the warmest March day since 2012...

 

[Hilly]

Cold dry springs for about 12 years on trott could be worse could be cold n wet . Wet n warm be perfect .

 

[dowcow]

You're having a laugh aren't you? We had 30mm of rain here around a week into March, just after some had sown some fertilizer. Then we had just under 30mm over last weekend. Most fields around here are still too wet to work, but time is getting on so some people with large acreage are trying to get a bit done. I made a few ruts when putting fertiliser on in third week of March, and most muck has been spread in the few days before a band of rain comes, when the fields have been almost dry enough for the job. How on earth are you short of water after such a wet February?

 

[Poorbuthappy]

You're having a laugh aren't you? We had 30mm of rain here around a week into March, just after some had sown some fertilizer. Then we had just under 30mm over last weekend. Most fields around here are still too wet to work, but time is getting on so some people with large acreage are trying to get a bit done. I made a few ruts when putting fertiliser on in third week of March, and most muck has been spread in the few days before a band of rain comes, when the fields have been almost dry enough for the job. How on earth are you short of water after such a wet February?

Certainly not too dry here yet, just saying its drying up fast, with a dry March, and no rain forecast yet in April, but turning very cold. Last year we were short of grass in spring/ early summer due to it drying out before it warmed up, and this year is heading the same way.

 

[Yale]

I heard them say on the weather forecast the other day that it was the warmest March day since 2012...

.....2012 was a shocker here,every single cloud for months seemed to have rain coming out of it.

 

[Yale]

@JD-Kid

 

[Chae1]

I heard them say on the weather forecast the other day that it was the warmest March day since 2012...

Feels ominously like 2012 here. Finished drilling spring barley this afternoon. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Wombat]

You're having a laugh aren't you? We had 30mm of rain here around a week into March, just after some had sown some fertilizer. Then we had just under 30mm over last weekend. Most fields around here are still too wet to work, but time is getting on so some people with large acreage are trying to get a bit done. I made a few ruts when putting fertiliser on in third week of March, and most muck has been spread in the few days before a band of rain comes, when the fields have been almost dry enough for the job. How on earth are you short of water after such a wet February?

Beauty of the uk isn’t it. Getting close to 3-4 weeks since it last rained. Not that it’s an issue here but you could take a tank a cross any of our clays at the moment and not leave a mark. Dry and a blowing wind for most of that time.

Also rain in Feb is no use it’s just how quick can we get into the drains and off the fields

 

[Al R]

Beauty of the uk isn’t it. Getting close to 3-4 weeks since it last rained. Not that it’s an issue here but you could take a tank a cross any of our clays at the moment and not leave a mark. Dry and a blowing wind for most of that time.

Tanks are on tracks for low compaction/traction just like tracked tractors are on tracks

 

[Wombat]

Tanks are on tracks for low compaction/traction just like tracked tractors are on tracks [emoji23][emoji1303]

Yeah but when it’s wet out digger in steels leaves good marks. Took a grain trailer loaded across a field the other day and couldn’t see where that had been.

 

[Al R]

Yeah but when it’s wet out digger in steels leaves good marks. Took a grain trailer loaded across a field the other day and couldn’t see where that had been.

I knew what you meant

 

[Ceri]

I think this cold snap is only for a few days early nxt week then its gonna start to slowly warm up again by nxt weekend.........??

 

[Sid]

We

Cows out for 5 days just dry enough now . Plenty of moisture yet .Ask in a weeks time might be different .No fert to wash in .Sun doing its job grass been growing well .

Silage ground is too dry to roll here now.