Drought

[SilliamWhale]

why is that surprising ?
after 30 yrs of no till experience, that's exactly what I would expect
its a far more robust system - if viewed as a ' system '

Its suprising because its not been thus dry for 40 years! Ive never experienced it!

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Ok. You can have some rain?

I assume that beet is on a fixed price contract? If so, what would happen if most people fall short of contract this year?

I think they’ll have to make an exception this year regarding making quota. Some crops around here won’t make 10t acre atm.

Some will make a loss for sure.

 

[Sandy]

No chance, half the crop at twice the price is what we want. Should get two years of decent prices that way.

Still green as kale we’ve had rain/drizzle the last 2 days another 6 weeks till spring barley

 

[willy]

why is that surprising ?
after 30 yrs of no till experience, that's exactly what I would expect
its a far more robust system - if viewed as a ' system '

It is if a drought is the common theme.

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Farmer Roy]

Its suprising because its not been thus dry for 40 years! Ive never experienced it!

yes I understand its dry
it was the fact the no till wheat was still able to utilise moisture I was commenting on

 

[bankrupt]

Do wish Mrs May would do something useful and appoint a Minister for Drought, did the trick in '76; believe their is an ideal candidate with back bench MP called Boris Johnson.

My recommendation for the post would be Mark Lancaster, currently a junior minister at the MoD.

Not only does his family firework company have useful expertise in rain-seeding, but he would certainly organize a very good show of appropriate celebration when subsequently promoted, in due course, to Minister for Floods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lancaster

Inevitably, however, he can't hope to be nearly half as successful as was the late, great, Denis Howell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Howell

But Mrs May will anyway more than probably just defer any decision on this, as is her wont, to 'Sir Humphrey' Robbins and nothing will ever get done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbolton_Fireworks

 

[Sonoftheheir]

The rain has more or less been erased from our forecast again. Not a day under 25c for the next two weeks either.

 

[Iben]

Rain last night came to 0.0000005"! (approximately ), nothing in the forecast in the next week.

A few degrees cooler though. The Maris Peer were wilting in the hot wind the other day, despite several passes with the irrigator.

 

[jd2013]

Rain last night came to 0.0000005"! (approximately ), nothing in the forecast in the next week.

A few degrees cooler though. The Maris Peer were wilting in the hot wind the other day, despite several passes with the irrigator.

It Gets very frustrating with the forecast not materializing. Since April, I believe we have been forecasted and additional 4/5 inches of rain with in 12 hours which never came, O if only they could of been halve right!

 

[Hindsight]

It Gets very frustrating with the forecast not materializing. Since April, I believe we have been forecasted and additional 4/5 inches of rain with in 12 hours which never came, O if only they could of been halve right!

Do you sometimes wonder if the weather forecasters are on performance related pay?!!

 

[Brisel]

Obviously not! Quite why they don’t use a % chance of precipitation like everyone else does I’ve no idea.

 

[JACK F]

The rain has more or less been erased from our forecast again. Not a day under 25c for the next two weeks either.

Nfu will be worried. Reckon there is going to be a lot of fires when people start combining the wheat. Had a fairly major one locally on Saturday. Straw and ground are so dry, just combine header hitting a flint is enough to start one.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Looks like these beet are growing down a fault line-

 

[franklin]

Not seen this before. Linseed aborting flowers and not forming boils. Might give it a slosh of mineral.

 

[RushesToo]

Not seen this before. Linseed aborting flowers and not forming boils. Might give it a slosh of mineral.

Don't waste your money - its water they need surely?

 

[Brisel]

I've had good response to Magphos K on droughted wheat but I think you're right here - it's too far gone to revive when what it really needs is 50,000 l/ha H2O

 

[Chae1]

Still green as kale we’ve had rain/drizzle the last 2 days another 6 weeks till spring barley

We'll be amongst spring barley first week in August. Spraying off green bits end of this week. Be fine to get it out of way. Fed up looking at it.

 

[MrNoo]

Friend cutting SB today, looks a lovely crop by all accounts, doing 2t/ac though, he's very disappointed, was drilled Feb time, doesn't bode well for my later drilled stuff. WW tested here at 19.5% this morning but still plenty of greens. Weather looking to get hotter into next week 35+ if charts are to be believed!!!

 

[Hindsight]

I've had good response to Magphos K on droughted wheat but I think you're right here - it's too far gone to revive when what it really needs is 50,000 l/ha H2O

How do you know you have had a good response to applying Magphos K?. At the moment I suggest only Yara no the response, and can measure it!!.