Drought

[jon9000]

2nd wheats here going off fast! Very depressing

 

[herman]

If it's another 2011 , bring it on !
I was only 6 in 1976 so can't really remember much farming wise . Someone once told me that you make nothing in a wet year with big crops like you would in a drought year with half saw much.

 

[herman]

As much [emoji37]

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

If it's another 2011 , bring it on !
I was only 6 in 1976 so can't really remember much farming wise . Someone once told me that you make nothing in a wet year with big crops like you would in a drought year with half saw much.

True. The real money is in having crops when others don't. Luck plays a big part though.

 

[Chae1]

One of the disadvantages of forward selling.

 

[Brisel]

2011 was a bumper year here helped by an inch of rain in early May that set the crops up nicely. Others further north and east didn't get that rain. A rising price and little forward selling helped too.

 

[TomB]

Getting dry enough here, dust coming off the ploughing today.

 

[farmer steve]

Rain!

 

[Bossfarmer]

had a nice shower of rain last night, none forecast the next 10 days though, for those with fert sitting on top of wheat ground should you not try rolling it?

 

[Feldspar]

It's going to rain on Friday. I can feel it in my bones (I think).

 

[Flat 10]

had a nice shower of rain last night, none forecast the next 10 days though, for those with fert sitting on top of wheat ground should you not try rolling it?

A lot of wheat down here is over a foot tall! And yes desperate for rain to wash in fert.

 

[Feldspar]

A lot of wheat down here is over a foot tall! And yes desperate for rain to wash in fert.

What, you mean taller than @dontknowanything?!

 

[Bossfarmer]

A lot of wheat down here is over a foot tall! And yes desperate for rain to wash in fert.

too long to roll then?

 

[MrNoo]

Next door are banging fert on now, I have some to do but will wait until I see some damp stuff forecast first.

 

[Flat 10]

too long to roll then?

You may be happy to roll foot tall wheat that is starting to extend but I'm not. Anyway all you'd do to the fert is press it a bit into dust in soft patches or rattle over it in the hard cracked areas....

 

[Bossfarmer]

You may be happy to roll foot tall wheat that is starting to extend but I'm not. Anyway all you'd do to the fert is press it a bit into dust in soft patches or rattle over it in the hard cracked areas....

any photos of it? those with liquid fert will be winning this year?

 

[Kam]

those with liquid fert will be winning this year?

Liquid fertiliser would scorch terribly in these conditions with the crops as stressed as they are

 

[Bossfarmer]

Liquid fertiliser would scorch terribly in these conditions with the crops as stressed as they are

really ive never used it, surely the fact it can be put on in a drought is the main reason for having it other than less storage needed?

 

[Kam]

really ive never used it, surely the fact it can be put on in a drought is the main reason for having it other than less storage needed?

You can put it on in a drought but in these conditions it will cause severe scorch, it also still needs rain to wash it in the same as a solid.

 

[Blue.]

As usual it's rained since 7am here,there is a reason we don't have arable round here.