- Location
- Northern Ireland
Drought for cows
- Thread starter More to life
- Start date
Grazer
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- Location
- SW Scotland
That's not me. He's got a nice new set up, purpose built from scratch. That goes for the steading and the herd.
I'm not complaining about the weather, it's cracking. Just trying to figure out the best way to work with it.
I'm not complaining about the weather, it's cracking. Just trying to figure out the best way to work with it.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
get it made. it appears a more general breakdown coming the middle of next week.
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
did you get many showers yesterday? we had nothing at home but down the OH's house in puddletown we had a hell of a storm yesterday afternoon at 3pm
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
sadly nothing here I watched both storms go round the hills one to the west the other to the east
we did get 10ml on sunday so things looking a lot greener and growy today
we did get 10ml on sunday so things looking a lot greener and growy todayWe are in a very similar position, we've been getting very little rain whether it was coming from the north or southVery little rain here. My milkers are on a dry land farm - Hertfordshire - and the grass isn't growing. Last night's "rain" barely damped down the dust and the showers forecast for today haven't materialised.
The ten day forecast isn't showing any rain either, until a week on Wednesday (so plenty of time for this to be wrong too!)
- Location
- South Molton
Beautiful day in Exeter by the canal eating ice cream yesterday, road was wet in Crediton on way home and home it had been overcast with sunny intervals, but no more rain. Hit and miss they call that.
- Location
- Northumberland
6mm here in April. Nothing yesterday or today. Bit of dampness this morning, thats it!
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Heavy rain here now and if we get anything like what's forecast in the next few days then I think our mini drought is definitely over for a few weeks.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
fexh off.
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
fexh off.
Are you dry up there? I thought you were on some fairly heavy ground.
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Got land burning off here now......in May
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
tis a tad crispy. can't complain about covers at the mo but we are do seem to miss most showers in this district like the ones @Ducati899 has had recently. radar at the mo does not look promising for tonight and it looks like the high pressure over france next week will kill off the rain before it gets to us.On the plus side cows are milking well and look well for the most part in this dry weather.
.On the plus side cows are milking well and look well for the most part in this dry weather.
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
tis a tad crispy. can't complain about covers at the mo but we are do seem to miss most showers in this district like the ones @Ducati899 has had recently. radar at the mo does not look promising for tonight and it looks like the high pressure over france next week will kill off the rain before it gets to us
Did you get that in the early hours? Driving back from puddletown to the farm this morning the roads would suggest we've had a nice amount
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
we did
a whole 12ml looking forward to being able to skip more paddocks this week.this yr has the potential to be a real barnstormer at the mo
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
looks like a fair amount forecast tomorrow/tues/weds as well which will help things nicely,proper growing day today as well
Wouldn't mind this drought coming back for a couple weeks please.