Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Amazing how a few warm days focusses the mind.
We were desperate for heat like this in April last year to get grass growing!
We'll be at least 3 weeks till we start drilling. Winter probably not over yet.
Drilling now
- Thread starter Deere 6430
- Start date
We were desperate for heat like this in April last year to get grass growing!
We'll be at least 3 weeks till we start drilling. Winter probably not over yet.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I made a start Monday,if it stops dry till middle of next week should have all my heathland drilled,would have started earlier but pita over wintered stubbles scheme so made a start on some not in the scheme so I can follow on from the 16th,
neighbours barley is just coming through which as been in 3wks now.
- Location
- Cirencester
What lovely looking "dry" soil you have!! Very envious!
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Had a toe operation recently so haven't been out much. Went out plodding around in my sandals this afternoon for the first time in a while. Pleased (except it looks like we have a blocked coulter in places) with how things are looking. The first drilled is poking through now. Slugs don't seem to have been around at all and the rooks haven't done any significant damage that I've been told about or could see. Speaking to our very experienced agronomist this morning he said he has no worries at all about early drilled spring barley this year and said conditions since have been very benign. Overall he said we made the right decision. Too early to say for definite, but I've no regrets so far.
No new black-grass has appeared. I'm now trying to decide whether to put a pre-em on. Some people say not to, but it's a very bad black-grass farm, and now the barley has got going, I'm less worried about crop effects.
Only did about 150ac of DAP so not much. No obvious difference on driving past (though they were following oats and the neighbouring fields are first wheats after OSR, so no difference is a good thing). About to start in earnest in OSR and barley on Friday with bigger UAN doses.
And I thought we were very fortunate on Cotswold Brash (Trash)
- Location
- Lincolnshire
You won't be if I don't get any rain,its incredibly dry here.
February fill dyke,I'm beginning to wonder.
- Location
- Cirencester
Lol!! I was looking at it from a match ploughing perspective!!! I do wonder if this "is" the drought year?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
You mean last year wasn't????
- Location
- Cirencester
Yes it was but lets face it we've had very little rainfall this winter compared to normal, a dry spring maybe beckons, we seem to have had these high pressure systems all last year of some sort. Wasnt 75 similar as it led into 76?? I was only young then so dont remember in detail.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
We have various ponds about the place that at this time of year would normally have a few feet of water in them, 1 specifically that floods out onto the field next to it pretty much every winter, at the momment they are all bone dry!
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Too early if there is black grass in the field
A bit higher barley yield with no bg control
In 2019
Later drilling of 2021 wheat because of bg pressure but heavy rain in the 1st week of October and no drilling till 2022
For me early drilling if wheat is the only way to have all wheat planted every year and the most profitable system
If Bg free land then early drilling is a good option
A bit higher barley yield with no bg control
In 2019
Later drilling of 2021 wheat because of bg pressure but heavy rain in the 1st week of October and no drilling till 2022
For me early drilling if wheat is the only way to have all wheat planted every year and the most profitable system
If Bg free land then early drilling is a good option
Kildare
Member
- Location
- Kildare, Ireland
Spring wheat going in here.15th February.
No fudgeing seed here as mobile seed dresser not coming until Thursday. Would go a treat Monday. I told him I needed it done when I had WW done and chased him before Christmas and every 10 days since. I’m savage
And PK fert ordered for January has yet to be delivered so can’t do that job either.
I hope everyone else is getting on better!
And PK fert ordered for January has yet to be delivered so can’t do that job either.
I hope everyone else is getting on better!
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Well I've been feeling really smug drilling my spring barley all weekend ...going into lovely conditions ...obviously in this job you are never smug for long...the smile was wiped from my face when I discovered that my tramline shut offs were sticking shut !!!!!
Grrrrr.
Grrrrr.
Flintstone
Member
- Location
- Berkshire
I’m on another Flintstone marathon.
Started at 6am and have just clocked 100 acres today. It doesn’t half help when the old man runs seed out to me meaning 4 minutes downtime every 2 hours.
It’s going in a treat, and will be done (290 acres) by Tuesday night. Rolling Weds and pre-em Thursday.
Drill still 4.8 metres and depth issues resolved now.
Happy chap.
Started at 6am and have just clocked 100 acres today. It doesn’t half help when the old man runs seed out to me meaning 4 minutes downtime every 2 hours.
It’s going in a treat, and will be done (290 acres) by Tuesday night. Rolling Weds and pre-em Thursday.
Drill still 4.8 metres and depth issues resolved now.
Happy chap.
- Location
- South West
@Flintstone you are a machine. We would only do 70 acres a day with a 4m DTS and that would be a good day! I take my hat off to you.
Flintstone
Member
- Location
- Berkshire
@Hobbit I just want to keep my labour bill at zero. I’ve managed it for three years and can’t see why it should change.
With the kind of kit that can be bought these days, coupled with autosteer, I really can’t see why people run more than one person per 1,000 acres between Sept and the following August, but that will probably open up a can of very spicy worms....
With the kind of kit that can be bought these days, coupled with autosteer, I really can’t see why people run more than one person per 1,000 acres between Sept and the following August, but that will probably open up a can of very spicy worms....
As I recall you don't do your own combining........just saying. I would be on my drilling marathon if I had the f**king seed.
Even so its impressive.
- Location
- East Sussex
Stop all this drilling talk!! getting itchy feet here, ground not ready here yet sadly.
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