Drought

[robbie]

22mm here since last night. Sun's out now and very windy but you can see the beet growing.

 

[puppet]

First tyre marks in 2 months

 

[Breckland Boy]

22mm here since last night. Sun's out now and very windy but you can see the beet growing.

I was hoping for that much. Only half for us so back on irrigation this evening.

 

[Bob lincs]

30 mm here last night soon settled the dust .

 

[Two Tone]

A lot of heavy rain here this afternoon. With what we’re expecting tomorrow I think I can say the drought will be over by Monday morning!

A friend who didn’t want me to Combine his wheat yesterday because the straw would get wet might realise my ethos at last, being:

NEVER put of till tomorrow what can be done today, because things can change and usually do.

I doubt he will see any of his wheat below 13% that could be mixed in with the wet stuff to keep his drier mothballed this season,

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

A lot of heavy rain here this afternoon. With what we’re expecting tomorrow I think I can say the drought will be over by Monday morning!

My neighbor who didn’t want me to Combine his wheat yesterday because the straw would get wet might realise my ethos at last, being:

NEVER put of till tomorrow what can be done today, because things can change and usually do.

I doubt he will see any of his wheat below 13% that could be mixed in with the wet stuff to keep his drier mothballed this season,

The forecast after tomorrow is back to being hot is it not?

 

[Two Tone]

The forecast after tomorrow is back to being hot is it not?

My forecast says certainly not as hot or sunny. Rather dull till Thursday in fact.

That could also change. It certainly has since a week ago. Which is my point.
Don’t waste Combining days because things/ forecasts can change and often do.

Christ knows how many thousands of £s worth of Combine stood in a shed, all because he didn’t want to turn his straw if it got rained on!

 

[ewald]

We tend to get used to sunny weather - after a while you forget that it can suddenly revert to a standard rubbish harvest! As above, get it when you can.

 

[DRC]

Been combining all day, apart from a small scud at lunch time that briefly stopped me.
Rain going around us. Got a lot of straw down now in the swath .

 

[yellow belly]

if it is dry for the next 2 weeks waiting an extra day to get dry straw will be the lowest cost option
having a day or twos rest will also improve productivity that will get the day back in the next 7 days

taking sensible breaks never reduced the acres of work done in a week here
when you are tired with any machine it is very easy to settle at 6 km per hour instead of 8km

 

[Two Tone]

I cannot believe how in less that 48 after we first saw rain, the grass is greening up again! Grass fields are no longer as brown as they were and there is definitely a green tinge to them.

Though I’m not looking forward to having to start mowing the lawn again.

 

[bobk]

Not greased the combine up yet .... fools rush in ......

 

[Acke]

40mm today.
Drought is over .
Time for harvest

 

[cotswoldcs]

40mm today.
Drought is over .
Time for harvest

How's it looking over in Sweeden now @Acke ? I understand you've had a bad drought- worse than us and crops and livestock have been affected. How's do you think your harvest will be compared to an average year?

 

[JCMaloney]

Rained all day Sunday pretty much & a bit more this morning. I will peek in the high-tech rain gauge later.

 

[Acke]

How's it looking over in Sweeden now @Acke ? I understand you've had a bad drought- worse than us and crops and livestock have been affected. How's do you think your harvest will be compared to an average year?

Here we have 3,5 ton/ha of winterwheat compare to 7,5 normal years. Springcrops looks ok , not sure what it yields? 60-80% hopefully? Silage is a 40% of first cut.
30% of second cut , no 3 rd in sight.

 

[foobar]

Had truckloads over the weekend and some more today. Just in time as had none since May?
My DWWW count is now back to zero (days without wearing wellies)

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Had very little here, watched the showers go round us on Saturday then it did little more than damp on and off yesterday and a bit this morning. Enough to stop the combine but not to do any good.

 

[John Slejpner]

as above. 4-5 mm over two and a half days at SG19

 

[onthehoof]

Had very little here, watched the showers go round us on Saturday then it did little more than damp on and off yesterday and a bit this morning. Enough to stop the combine but not to do any good.

as above. 4-5 mm over two and a half days at SG19

+1
Watched this coming straight for us on Friday - got 1 mm out of it