beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Is it dry as a nuns with anyone else? Another couple weeks without a decent rain and east yorkshires going to start turning brown, and I don't just mean the crops!
Drought
- Thread starter beardface
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yup. Very dry. Forecast a showery spele this weekend.
Missed out on most of the rain lately. Oh well.............
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
Got 4mm over weekend but on sand land not enough.
Irrigating spring barley and wheat just in the hope of keeping it going until it rains. Always happens each year around Lincolnshire show, when crops look good and full of potential, then within the space of a week look about dead !!
Irrigating spring barley and wheat just in the hope of keeping it going until it rains. Always happens each year around Lincolnshire show, when crops look good and full of potential, then within the space of a week look about dead !!
Same here an hour north from you
- Location
- Limousin, France
24 measured Monday morning and 49mm this morning.
Managed to capture some by erthing a few hectares Monday afternoon.
Managed to capture some by erthing a few hectares Monday afternoon.
Minesapint
Member
- Location
- Oxon
Wheat on gravel is dead, and now the pigeons are piling in to it. 10mm at the weekend and you wouldn’t know we have had it. With variable soil types in every field, there could be some pretty patterns with the combine. Clay is green to the floor, with 3inch cracks.
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
no pleasing you...complain when it rains and complain when it don't
........'crapweathershire'- Location
- Perthshire (It's a big place!)
Poo happens, piling water on the spuds, some have had 4 inches so far but that got the soil filled now so should need a bit less now on those fields, some haven't had any yet so a pipe move is on the cards, carrots aren't suffering yet as they are still small.
If I had more capacity I would be starting on the wheat. Had 11mm 10 days ago and 4mm last night which damped the dust, better weather so far this week, cooler and calmer.
This is perthshire BTW
If I had more capacity I would be starting on the wheat. Had 11mm 10 days ago and 4mm last night which damped the dust, better weather so far this week, cooler and calmer.
This is perthshire BTW
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Looks like the weather's trying to keep pace with 1970s economics 
DeeGee
Member
- Location
- North East Wales
Was getting dodgy here until about ten days ago.
Had about 30mm last week which has helped everything along.
However, getting dusty again now.
But there is rain forecast for North East Wales this weekend so maybe we will get enough to wash in the fertiliser for a second cut of haylage?
Not exactly serious here yet, but late spring and early summer droughts are becoming a regular annual occurrence here, which is a worrying trend here and apparently so elsewhere?
Had about 30mm last week which has helped everything along.
However, getting dusty again now.
But there is rain forecast for North East Wales this weekend so maybe we will get enough to wash in the fertiliser for a second cut of haylage?
Not exactly serious here yet, but late spring and early summer droughts are becoming a regular annual occurrence here, which is a worrying trend here and apparently so elsewhere?
Yes, just further inland here from you and it's been an interesting spring.
We seem to have had not a great deal of rain since beginning of April however what did come came at the right time for us , also warmth just when the grass needed it although it has been chilly at points lately. This delayed shearing as it was a bit too cold for the naked sheep.
Planted swedes 2 1/2 weeks ago and they had a good soaking a day or two later just as i’d finished plastering loose box muck on so that was perfect. They could do with another good soak now as we have had little since.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
if its becoming a regular thing, maybe UK ag needs to learn to adapt & look at how farmers in arid regions of the world survive - without ANY subsidies . . .
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- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I am not much more than a hobby farmer these days but if I was to take it a bit more seriously I would have to plan for irrigation, I should now really but haven't got around to it yet.
One of my orchards in particular is showing serious drought stress right now and not for the first time. I walked around the place last night and was quite shocked at how much stress is out there. It is patchy though so just makes me think I am growing the wrong crop in the wrong place for the most part.
One of my orchards in particular is showing serious drought stress right now and not for the first time. I walked around the place last night and was quite shocked at how much stress is out there. It is patchy though so just makes me think I am growing the wrong crop in the wrong place for the most part.
- Location
- somerset
after last weeks heatwave, our grass is in reverse gear, its not only the lack of promised rain, its the drying wind, that's the final straw, we face south, sandy soil, and exposed. 4th time in 5yrs.
Been very pro-active about it, in the last few years, min-til, rotational grazing, less ryegrass, more 'dry' type grasses, herbs and clover. Those 'dry' leys are still growing, but slowly, herbs just keep growing, clovers are keeping going, but they seed in a dry time.
Anything with ground cover, is ok, got a massive crop of wheat, and our barley looks ok. 2nd cut is allrightish, it has ground cover, reckon we will make hay of most of it, halfway there, r/clover is still looking all right, but we have to start feeding that, either that, or open the clamps, no brainer, hope the clover will give the milk a kick.
So, is this the 'new' normal ? Do we carry on, and hope next years better - been there, it gets very expensive. Perhaps @Farmer Roy is right, most of the profit 3 yrs in 10, a very sobering thought. In the UK, the flippant answer, is farm for a drought, and it will pee down with rain.
I've farmed this patch, for over 50 yrs, yes we have had dry spells, 75/6 for example, but the last 10 yrs, we have been fighting a losing battle, and in those 10 yrs, and once we have had to bring the dairy back in, in june, because it was to wet.
The route we are going/driven down, is not really complicated, our better grounds, will be double cropped, something we have done, very successfully, rye/maize, aiming for bulk mass, following some regen principles on the rest, concentrating on soil health, root development, non inversion techniques, and more selective grasses/clovers/herbs. Herbs are a bit of an eye opener, mainly plantain and chicory, plantain has self seeded, on one very dry hill, to become the dominant plant, in 2 years, where the grass has dried out, cows love it. We can only farm, what the weather allows us to do, whether wet, or dry, or benign. So we have to farm around that. And that is an interesting, steep learning curve, l have learnt a lot from the regen angle, and it works, more than that, reckon its saved us a lot of money, but its a personal choice.
Perhaps the adage, 'if you can't beat them, join them' is quite apt.
Been very pro-active about it, in the last few years, min-til, rotational grazing, less ryegrass, more 'dry' type grasses, herbs and clover. Those 'dry' leys are still growing, but slowly, herbs just keep growing, clovers are keeping going, but they seed in a dry time.
Anything with ground cover, is ok, got a massive crop of wheat, and our barley looks ok. 2nd cut is allrightish, it has ground cover, reckon we will make hay of most of it, halfway there, r/clover is still looking all right, but we have to start feeding that, either that, or open the clamps, no brainer, hope the clover will give the milk a kick.
So, is this the 'new' normal ? Do we carry on, and hope next years better - been there, it gets very expensive. Perhaps @Farmer Roy is right, most of the profit 3 yrs in 10, a very sobering thought. In the UK, the flippant answer, is farm for a drought, and it will pee down with rain.
I've farmed this patch, for over 50 yrs, yes we have had dry spells, 75/6 for example, but the last 10 yrs, we have been fighting a losing battle, and in those 10 yrs, and once we have had to bring the dairy back in, in june, because it was to wet.
The route we are going/driven down, is not really complicated, our better grounds, will be double cropped, something we have done, very successfully, rye/maize, aiming for bulk mass, following some regen principles on the rest, concentrating on soil health, root development, non inversion techniques, and more selective grasses/clovers/herbs. Herbs are a bit of an eye opener, mainly plantain and chicory, plantain has self seeded, on one very dry hill, to become the dominant plant, in 2 years, where the grass has dried out, cows love it. We can only farm, what the weather allows us to do, whether wet, or dry, or benign. So we have to farm around that. And that is an interesting, steep learning curve, l have learnt a lot from the regen angle, and it works, more than that, reckon its saved us a lot of money, but its a personal choice.
Perhaps the adage, 'if you can't beat them, join them' is quite apt.
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Devil's advocate
Member
- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Yes snuff dry here.
Keep my self sane baling 1st class hay, when thats finished get up to date with any hoeing or rogueing of weeds.
Then sit down & cry.
Then carry on with other jobs.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
It is the trees that are stressed here, not me.
You have to be thankful it is good hay making weather, I am thankful my apples escaped frost damage this year and most of all it is less miserable than wading around in mud.
- Location
- somerset
our elms went 40? years ago, ash has got dieback, doesn't leave many trees left, took years to get over the elm loss, took years to recover from splitting the logs, when the ash go, its going to look very different again.
- Location
- East yorks
Don’t disagree but if you went to tender for land with the we will make money 75% of 3 in 10 you would be laughed out the room.if its becoming a regular thing, maybe UK ag needs to learn to adapt & look at how farmers in arid regions of the world survive - without ANY subsidies . . .
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Did you know that B&W Rural Mungindi first opened in 1993 and operated from a desk at the Mungindi Servo with just one staff member? B&W Rural Mungindi now proudly employ a total of nine staff all year roundwith an additional three to seven casuals brought on through the peak cotton season.
We think that B&W Rural Mungindi is specifically unique due to our location and ability to service growers within two states. With close to fifty years of experience between our agronomists, we have the ability to provide not only professional agronomy services and merch sales, but also fertiliser, soil tests and all round friendly customer service and a damn good cup of coffee!
We also thrive on our community spirit and are always happy to support local non-for profit groups wherever possible.
Farmers make 75% of their income three years in ten and the only thing regular about our weather is the irregularity... Our advice for clients is that we therefore need to capitalise on the cropping opportunities when they arise.
Our teamwork and communication with each other and our growers is a number one priority within our branch. Reliability is also a huge factor in the way B&W Rural Mungindi operates. We strive to always be prompt, professional, and efficient in all aspects of our business and the services we provide to the growers and our community
Please don't hesitate to give our Mungindi branch a call on 02 6705 7000!
#bwrural #Mungindi #agronomy #cropping #community #relationships
- Location
- somerset
changing climate, or climate change, its having an effect, the trouble is, we don't really know which is right. But, prepare for the worst, and hope for the best !
But it is affecting us, negatively. So, make the best of the good years, and hope they carry us through the bad ones.