Could do with a drop of rain

[DRC]

Still too wet to travel here on half the farm and fields already ploughed are very wet underneath .
I don’t think some of you had he wet winter that many parts of the country did, or you wouldn’t be talking such nonsense .

 

[7610 super q]

Trying to mix an inch of dust with 7 inches of mud here. I hope that doesn't create concrete.

 

[I thats it]

Anyone else thinking we could do with a nice little soak nothing major? Nothing in the forecast for the next two weeks.
we’re good and fudgeed if the drought starts this early.

hoping this might take minds awar from the virus

Go away

 

[Spudley]

Not injecting this year?

Yes, he is coming next week hopefully

 

[Beef farmer]

You nuts headless? Not for at least 7 more days

 

[mixed breed]

It's Turning over nicely here, drilled some today that I ploughed on sat and it was dusty as heck.. hard to believe I got stuck ferty spreading last Thursday

 

[Headless chicken]

You nuts headless? Not for at least 7 more days

self isolation may have made me nuts. But no on a serious note.Don’t need a lot just a dribble to keep the dust down over night would be nice to keep things ticking over nicely.

 

[Working from home]

Quite happy with things the way they are for now!!! Only just managed to get back onto the land this week to do a bit of harrowing and post knocking.
Does any of you follow Tom Pemberton farmlife on You Tube? He is near Blackpool. He put a clip up yesterday of going accross a field with a gator, what bloody ruts that made!!!!

 

[Beef farmer]

15 days on, now wouldnt mind a bit. 40mm over a few days would be awsome. This is lining up to be the 3rd challenging year in a row.

 

[Headless chicken]

15 days on, now wouldnt mind a bit. 40mm over a few days would be awsome. This is lining up to be the 3rd challenging year in a row.

were getting pretty desperate now down this way. Cold mornings too which really isn’t helping. We need a lot to make up for this.

 

[bobk]

Still too wet to travel here on half the farm and fields already ploughed are very wet underneath .
I don’t think some of you had he wet winter that many parts of the country did, or you wouldn’t be talking such nonsense .

Ploughing 2 weeks ago was tricky , now it's a dust bowl . been a funny year and it's only April .

 

[DRC]

Ploughing 2 weeks ago was tricky , now it's a dust bowl . been a funny year and it's only April .

Yes I tried ploughing a field for maize and couldn’t get the plough in the ground. Had to get the subsoiler on

 

[bobk]

Yes I tried ploughing a field for maize and couldn’t get the plough in the ground. Had to get the subsoiler on

I put the new to me chisel plough on for the last 10 acres , worked well . 2 and half hours , couldn't plough it that quick

 

[Beef farmer]

Yes I tried ploughing a field for maize and couldn’t get the plough in the ground. Had to get the subsoiler on

You cant of had the winter we have had, else you wouldnt be talking such nonsense.

Joking aside, there is moisture there, but the top 3 inches has baked like a road

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Yes please, good chunk of overseeding done today. A couple damp days would be grand.

It could do with warming up a bit while you're at it.
Weekend forecast gives 26C for soft southerners and 11C for me?

 

[Beef farmer]

Yes please, good chunk of overseeding done today. A couple damp days would be grand.

It could do with warming up a bit while you're at it.
Weekend forecast gives 26C for soft southerners and 11C for me?

@stablegirl maize will be glad to be under film. Planting ours under film tuesday, be interesting to see if our warmer climate but a week later will allow it to catch up with yous up norf

 

[Jerry]

Yes I tried ploughing a field for maize and couldn’t get the plough in the ground. Had to get the subsoiler on

Much the same here. Ploughing first spuds and gave up as ground too hard.

Subsoiler now working to let the plough work.

Moved to plough to plough to another field for parsnips.

Then hit a wet spot......

Took two 250hp tractors in tandem to get that out!!

 

[DRC]

Much the same here. Ploughing first spuds and gave up as ground too hard.

Subsoiler now working to let the plough work.

Moved to plough to plough to another field for parsnips.

Then hit a wet spot......

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Took two 250hp tractors in tandem to get that out!!

Oops. I know the feeling . Yesterday I was rolling a rock hard field ( hoping to bruise it into tillering a bit), when I suddenly went down in a spot that’s usually the driest part of the field. Folded the rollers up, diff lock on and just about crawled out

 

[stablegirl]

You cant of had the winter we have had, else you wouldnt be talking such nonsense.

Joking aside, there is moisture there, but the top 3 inches has baked like a road

@stablegirl maize will be glad to be under film. Planting ours under film tuesday, be interesting to see if our warmer climate but a week later will allow it to catch up with yous up norf

The first of ours will have been in 2 weeks by then, I would say yours will catch it pretty comfortably, I see frosty nights are making an appearance next week.

What varieties have you gone for?

 

[Samherd]

We need some wet now just to wash the fert in and then get just a bit of wet on the ground to subside the dust for a bit would be great