Drilling anyone?

[Donkey Oaty]

Is there much more land going to be sown with Barley in England? I am surprisedthat my merchant has not found an outlet for the Diablo seed I have grown for them.

 

[D14]

Is there much more land going to be sown with Barley in England? I am surprisedthat my merchant has not found an outlet for the Diablo seed I have grown for them.

Not sure there is as much as first thought. A know quite a lot who had seed ordered but subsequently cancelled it because so many people were planting the stuff. These people are planting covers mainly or leaving it fallow.

However the biggest drop has got to be potatoes. I'm pretty sure every grower around here has halved their acreage.

 

[DrWazzock]

Still ploughing up wet seriously heavy land to drill spring barley. Am I mad?
Field seems to need loosening whatever happens and I can’t think what else to do with it. Solid as lead. Lifeless. Been a grass ley for 5 years. Modern ryegrass ley roots don’t go deep. The field post beet harvest ploughed easier. It’s a funny old job.

 

[Heathland]

How is the new drill working out so far?

It went really well, did a cracking job in a field of fail osr on the heath,everything else on the lowland has be combi drilled,so are billiard table level ready for a new 4m Claydon in the autumn.
Last field.

 

[bankrupt]

Am I mad?

It's not absolutely essential, but in a year like this it considerably helps.

 

[average farmer]

Got 350 acres of spring wheat in, going to work everything else down to a seed bed and roll.

got some in the stubble still and if we cane work with the carrier and drill into moisture we will if not we’ll leave until rain is forecast

 

[Bob lincs]

Finished drilling today , everything has gone in pretty well considering the conditions. Earlier drilled stuff coming though nicely but it all needs a good drink . Need to give my boys a very big pat on the back and an even bigger thank you for getting stuck in and getting the job done in these difficult times .

 

[4course]

Finished drill today , everything has gone in pretty well considering the conditions. Earlier drilled stuff coming though nicely but it all needs a good drink . Need to give my boys a very big pat on the back and an even bigger thank you for getting stuck in and getting the job done in these difficult times .

exactly was thinking the same then realised the lads had 2 bites of the cherry extra hours last backend now extra hours re sowing some, and whilst they are going along the furrow they have not been furloughed or whatever this new word ive never heard of before means, joking aside.I dont think the general public and a few others have any realisation of the work commitment of most guys in agriculture

 

[Bob lincs]

It went really well, did a cracking job in a field of fail osr on the heath,everything else on the lowland has be combi drilled,so are billiard table level ready for a new 4m Claydon in the autumn.
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Is your loader making a break for freedom ?

 

[Flat 10]

Just such a load of rubbish this cuckoo talk. You can get great yields from barley sown 20th april or 20th feb. And awful too

where you live maybe

 

[Adeptandy]

Finished the beans at last today. 2 weeks later than planned, but thankfully the Freeflow got them down to the moisture.

 

[snarling bee]

Finished this arvo.
Everything into moisture other than the last 2 small bits on some kinder ground. Probably should have fallowed both, but had some home saved seed left so it will either be a crop or some ground cover.

 

[MrNoo]

All drilled and rolled up yesterday, 300ac of SW. Just one 55ac ex maize field to try and level off, hope to get a cover crop of some sort in when next rain due. It is like concrete and bloody rough but surprisingly nearly got stuck a few wet holes. Last time I ever let land out for maize and the contract cutter cowboys, some ruts/wheelings are 3ft deep

 

[Wombat]

we sowed in Feb, wish we hadn't, 8th April, plants are there but just not growing, I still cant make out where the tramlines are

Same here but it went into some of the best conditions, little did we know we would get 5.5” of rain in the 3 weeks after. it has another 4.5 months to make up and it’s not much smaller than a lot of our winter wheat is as our clays take an age to warm up for n a normal year

 

[Acke]

Start today with SB Planet. More early than most years here!

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

All drilled and rolled up yesterday, 300ac of SW. Just one 55ac ex maize field to try and level off, hope to get a cover crop of some sort in when next rain due. It is like concrete and bloody rough but surprisingly nearly got stuck a few wet holes. Last time I ever let land out for maize and the contract cutter cowboys, some ruts/wheelings are 3ft deep
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Oh my god[emoji37]

A bit of a life lesson you’ll not forget in a hurry

 

[DrWazzock]

Same here but it went into some of the best conditions, little did we know we would get 5.5” of rain in the 3 weeks after. it has another 4.5 months to make up and it’s not much smaller than a lot of our winter wheat is as our clays take an age to warm up for n a normal year

same here as well. Seems to be stuck at 2 leaf and not moving. In concrete. Might roll it to break the surface and hopefully wake it up.

 

[Fubar]

same here as well. Seems to be stuck at 2 leaf and not moving. In concrete. Might roll it to break the surface and hopefully wake it up.

Plus 1.
Rolled ours early this week but the ground is so hard that it had little effect. You can seed the wheat roots in the cracks. And the ground is so compacted that it's going to be hard for other roots to grow . If we had an inch of warm rain over 24 hrs it would transform the crop but nothing is forecast for next few weeks. The wet weather ruined the autumn drilling and a dry spell now could well knacker the Feb drilled stuff.

 

[Brisel]

It went really well, did a cracking job in a field of fail osr on the heath,everything else on the lowland has be combi drilled,so are billiard table level ready for a new 4m Claydon in the autumn.

Will you be able to widen that to 4.8m? I know you're on 36m tramlines but once your soil improves in a couple of years' time you'll find that your hp requirement goes down & you will have got used to all that time you previously spent grinding seedbeds down & want to get drilled up even sooner

 

[SilliamWhale]

same here as well. Seems to be stuck at 2 leaf and not moving. In concrete. Might roll it to break the surface and hopefully wake it up.

Stop looking at it.