lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
tight .but we will know more after maize is harvested. taking advantage of the cows milking well to start off loading the empties early.
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Drying out, again!
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Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
One of the few perks of farming in the side of a mountain, it quickly drains off !
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Only just bought it last week had the choice of one similar to @Jerry or the one I've bought, i made a good choice with the big one.
I've had to modify it already, it blew out of its holder on the second night, so took the pointy bit off the bottom of the tube, drilled it out slightly larger and glued some metal inside to weigh it down. It managed the big gusts we had the other day so fingers crossed it should be good.
Speaking to my aunt whos family farms not far from Colwyn bay on the north coast of Wales, was saying is much drier there, and they have very little grass, but here which is no more than 20 miles away i have plenty.
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buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
At the opposite end of the spectrum, ive housed mine now.
Conditions this week have spoiled the fun sadly.
Conditions this week have spoiled the fun sadly.
Not checked here yet but just about to put on full wet weather gear to do rounds on quad, been a long time since I've needed to do that!
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
It was hammering down here an hour ago but it's clearing up from the west now.
Ive taken a punt and come out without a jacket. That'll be enough rain for 2018 now.
Had 8mm here this morning, still coming in sideways. 55mm since thursday morning. Might not be enough to see us through, but will help for 3 weeks.It was hammering down here an hour ago but it's clearing up from the west now.Ive taken a punt and come out without a jacket. That'll be enough rain for 2018 now.
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
Most everyone in the south bar @Ducati899 I think
jimmer
Member
- Location
- East Devon
130 cows on 180 acres, and no wedge to speak of....
Yup. Bit dry, even in Crapweathershire.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Folks up here complaining about reseeds. I scratched in a couple of acres in mid april that didn't take at the back end. They are now two leaf needles, and turning brown at the tips. Honestly think another week of dry would finish them. But it's spitting this morning, with a few mm's in the forecast over the next week. Not much mind, but could be ten. Grass still growing here, at a very subdued rate. Silage due to be cut at a five week interval has two weeks left, and it's only above the ankle.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Ground extremely dry, ok for zg grass for a week or so but have already upped the TMR and throttled the grass back by 30/40% doubling the maize acreage this year might be a saviour and also contracted 40 tons brewers/month till April 2020
- Location
- somerset
when I said,on here, we needed a really wet winter, a fair few scoffed at me. unfortuantly it looks like I was right! we are drying out, but 2nd cut done, grass growing back, maize up in line, and 6 acres of hybrid rape in, we can do no more preparation for a dry summer !! lets hope i'm wrong this time
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I hope it's not a wet summer all the same.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
I fully agree a wet winter would have gone a long to correcting groundwater levels which actually dropped over winter.
Our water operator has a meeting with a local contractor who does 90% of our borough councils civils work and they are extremely concerned about the depth that the ground water level is at
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- maize