Desperate

[Northeastfarmer]

for rain...

 

[CharcoalWally]

for rain...

Dunno if anyone's noticed, but us farmers, we're never happy. ..

 

[Nearly]

for rain...

I hope you get some then the excess might run down to me.

 

[CharcoalWally]

But yes, @Northeastfarmer , it's getting like a desert here too. .

 

[Sharpy]

Not here. Its lovely!

 

[DrDunc]

Outdoor lambing time here

Weather could not be better

Putting in 30 acres of grass tomorrow

Weather could not be better

We're going to pay for this later mind

 

[David.]

It is a frequent phenomenon here, it's not a drought, it's a bit dry.
But I am glad that all the fert is on and hopefully washed in; it is getting that you need to be putting your granular fert on here in Feb, to ensure enough rain to wet it in more years than not.
Ponds have not filled all winter here and are now shrinking away, it is the lack of groundwater that is concerning. There was standing water into May last year on the wet meadows.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Very bad here, had to turn one nozzle off on the hydro, so only running on 2 now. If this goes on I'll have to start paying for my electric!!!

 

[had e nuff]

for rain...

No thank you.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

No thank you.

Won’t be much silage if it doesn’t

 

[had e nuff]

Won’t be much silage if it doesn’t

Sell you some

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Sell you some

£10 a bale

 

[had e nuff]

£10 a bale

Didn't realise you only wanted small squares.

 

[DrWazzock]

Pretty desparate here. Sugar beet worst hit. Some, where the seedbed was a bit knobbly, chitted due to a rain after drilling then dried out and died off. Not widespread, so no panic but it's annoying.

Going to put the final dose of N on now that it is at "100% emergence".

Not going to clear to my fodder or straw store this spring. Still feeding silage to the cattle in doors to save the paddocks.

Who knows though?

 

[bobk]

Cooking on gas here , knew our ground would come good one day

 

[pine_guy]

Dry heat, but heat was what was missing. Grass has jumped last two days.

 

[Courier]

We have some of our 30 + Ha of miscanthus on rented re-claimed pit stacks, haven't even bothered to cut it this spring after last years lack of H2O but we will cut it next year and get both year's growth in one.
Regular heavy clay grew OK and we cut that but it won't like 2 DRY years in a row....

 

[Still Farming]

If it stays right through Summer now few be scratching their heads again?

 

[TripleSix]

It's scaring us to death at the moment.

Scraped through the winter with having to buy a bit of fodder in.

We had a bit in hand from 2017 crop luckily.

Obviously nothing left in hand now.

Nothing really growing well yet

 

[lim x]

Same here. Down to last bales.
No rain to speak of and been cold until last few days.

Whatever happened to April showers.?

Trouble is once it starts it doesn't know when to stop,