Drought

Wombat

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BASIS
Location
East yorks
Glad yours are looking well but I think you'll find that plenty of crops will have reduced yield due to the dry weather, and no-one will be laughing about it!

Opposite of last year, lost a load of yield to way too much rain during winter, march April and June. Probably loose less to the drought than the too much here though
 

PSQ

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Arable Farmer
I'm surprised how inactive this thread has been recently. We haven't had a lot of rain here and not very much forecast.
20mm, 15th to 22nd May
Currently blue sky and 22 degrees.

Everything has finally greened up. Bit short of tillers on some 2nd wheats, 3rd wheat looks a bit better.
Spring oats have jumped about 10" in a week, apart from the seeds that are just chitting now, 6 weeks after sowing.
T2 due next Monday, more rain forecast for Tuesday.

Happy days! (y)
 
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We had 42 mm but I suppose it's a bit like when you walk into a pub when you've been working hard in the sun , " 2 pints of your best please barman " the first one doesn't touch the sides !!!!!!!
I suspect it was the same for the wheat " oooh 20 mm of rain , ahhh that was lovely , but same again pls"

So although things are okay at the moment after the warmth this week I wouldn't mind one of those rogue thunderstorms that's going past tomorrow evening
 

bankrupt

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Location
EX17/20
Lots of patches putting out it's awns only a foot from the ground. The flag leaves are only an inch long.

When in the past that's happened here, Arthur Living, as it has rather more than one cares to remember, secondary tillering after good rain has always immediately become the next problem.

Does anyone know if there's a soil type and/or varietal variation to this?
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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