Drought

[Farma Parma]

Was over the border Northumberland into Scotland yest to annual Highland show trip & seen irrigation going in wheat fields.
its dry enough here but by no means a disaster.

 

[Jon 3085]

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[Wombat]

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Where abouts is that?

 

[turbo]

Where abouts is that?

Euston estate farms it says on fb

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Breckland Swales apparently?

 

[turbo]

There will be a lot more like that soon even some of mine on the lighter bits is starting to go off and we have had plenty of rain (had 30mm not a fortnight ago)

 

[limestone brash]

Does this mean we’ll get to £200 again??
(And £400 for rape)

 

[bankrupt]

Does this mean we’ll get to £200 again??

Sure will for straw.

None too confident about grains.

 

[Bogweevil]

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Very nice - I think this is caused by sorting of soil particle sizes by water or ice cover or both - really cannot remember - so some strips are sandy and parched and others silty and green. Thanks for the share, really interesting.

 

[Wombat]

There will be a lot more like that soon even some of mine on the lighter bits is starting to go off and we have had plenty of rain (had 30mm not a fortnight ago)

I think this week will start to hurt stuff as you go out and about. We have had just short of 40mm since May 1 and locally I know of places with less as they missed the storms etc. I was talking to someone from Essex and he said there last rain was late May.

 

[turbo]

I think this week will start to hurt stuff as you go out and about. We have had just short of 40mm since May 1 and locally I know of places with less as they missed the storms etc. I was talking to someone from Essex and he said there last rain was late May.

We have had 56 mm since June 1st

 

[Wombat]

We have had 56 mm since June 1st

Bragging or complaining?

Talking to someone else in the vale of York and they have had less than 25mm since May 1

 

[turbo]

Bragging or complaining?

Talking to someone else in the vale of York and they have had less than 25mm since May 1

Neither really just very pleased we got some but this heat and dry is starting to hurt with the shallow roots they have got this year

 

[Wombat]

Neither really just very pleased we got some but this heat and dry is starting to hurt with the shallow roots they have got this year

Yup I think we had 250mm in Jan to April (excluding any beast from the east snow) then looks like we will finish May and June with 39mm

 

[phil]

12 mm in June
17mm since may 11th to date
39mm early May is long gone
Light shale ground
Parched is the word

 

[B'o'B]

I think this week will start to hurt stuff as you go out and about. We have had just short of 40mm since May 1 and locally I know of places with less as they missed the storms etc. I was talking to someone from Essex and he said there last rain was late May.

You’re right. An inch of gentle rain now would mean very good yield potential for us I think, but an inch of rain next weekend would not have the same effect I’m afraid, crops are at the turning point here. Hey ho.

 

[bankrupt]

crops are at the turning point here.

Just wish now they'd quickly make all up their minds they've finally had it and then really get a move on so we can clear the decks and start all over again.

 

[Mac10]

Nothing forecast on the horizon yet. Sod's Law will dictate the breakdown and storms will arrive just as OSR becomes at risk of shatter.

 

[Muddyboots]

12 mm in June
17mm since may 11th to date
39mm early May is long gone
Light shale ground
Parched is the word

We have had 6mm since the beginning of May on some light sandy land, needless to say its not a pretty sight and we are looking at a very poor harvest.

 

[phil]

We have had 6mm since the beginning of May on some light sandy land, needless to say its not a pretty sight and we are looking at a very poor harvest.

We had 15” in March and April
One extreme to other
We are hanging in but dry hot week due
It’s demoralising
Sandy land would need rain every week?