Drying out, again!

[Still Farming]

You’ve far too much time on your hands!


Would sooner have 2018 weather than 2017’s!

Turn sheep in be easier ?

 

[Dragon]

Nothing worse than a cornish road, and meeting a silahe trailer with 25 ton of clamp silage in it. They cant go back.

Nobody moves clamp silage around this time of year.

 

[jerseycowsman]

Glad to hear it's not just us where it's dry!
But, I suppose life would be boring if the weather did exactly what we wanted it to do!

 

[Y Fan Wen]

The grass here is doing all the growing it missed in June. Stock can't keep up with it.

 

[jerseycowsman]

what do you mean again ?

did you not have enough rain to even get it going again? We had about 3 weeks of strong growth through August, but all of a sudden it's come to a juddering halt

 

[Happy hillbily]

Grass is motoring here, afraid to say too much of it , but not going to complain.

 

[lazy farmer]

did you not have enough rain to even get it going again? We had about 3 weeks of strong growth through August, but all of a sudden it's come to a juddering halt

may have had growth 0f 40 for a few days dying away again now.

 

[Princess Pooper]

ours got going but has about ground to a halt again at about 2 inches of vegetative growth. Looking increasingly unlikely we will get any sort of decent 3rd cut. Fresh cows in 24/7 as not enough to feed them outside whilst we've some land shut up for silage. Bulling heifers still being fed straw (was previously hay) in ring feeders and stale cows now downgraded from hay to straw when they come in at milking.

 

[Jerry]

Grass is motoring here, afraid to say too much of it , but not going to complain.View attachment 712308

Not seen grass like that since May 2017

 

[Happy hillbily]

Not seen grass like that since May 2017

Been very lucky here in North Wales, have had rain of varying amounts quite regularly since late July, but also many days with hill fog, which might not up the rainfall totals much, wets the ground pretty good, one of the few benefits of farming @1200ft, we get hill fog quite often .
I went round the grazing fields with 70kg/acre of nitrogen, before going on holiday mid august, and the grass has not stopped growing since.

 

[William Mellor]

Drying out again? Is this a joke mines never got going!! Half the Second cut came to a head in July not long after it was slurryed, slurry has eventually washed in and the 90 acres of second cut I’ve got has received 18 ton of fertiliser before we had some rain about 3 week ago. It has Greened up and the half that came to a head has bulked up some but need some serious rain to keep it going or it will be Christmas before it’s ready to cut

 

[An Gof]

Our grass has virtually stopped growing again! Had a nice rotation planned and the weather has buggered it again! Spent all of July doing yard work and feeding silage, looks like September is going to be the same. Can't wait to wave goodbye to 2018's weather!

Tis proper yer in East Cornwall. Just come in from rowing up 3rd Cut silage. Decided to cut it as grass getting away from cattle.
Best summer for years, more of the same please.

 

[Beef farmer]

Tis proper yer in East Cornwall. Just come in from rowing up 3rd Cut silage. Decided to cut it as grass getting away from cattle.
Best summer for years, more of the same please.

You finished harvest?

 

[An Gof]

You finished harvest?

Yes, back in the season
Never had such an easy time. Stubbles all sprayed, hedge trimmer going 3rd Cut tomorrow then two dung spreaders coming in Wednesday. Never had it so good
Weighed cattle today, they love this weather, been doing like moles

 

[DRC]

Drying out again? Is this a joke mines never got going!! Half the Second cut came to a head in July not long after it was slurryed, slurry has eventually washed in and the 90 acres of second cut I’ve got has received 18 ton of fertiliser before we had some rain about 3 week ago. It has Greened up and the half that came to a head has bulked up some but need some serious rain to keep it going or it will be Christmas before it’s ready to cut

Gosh that’s some fertiliser rate, 5 tons to the acre!

 

[William Mellor]

Gosh that’s some fertiliser rate, 5 tons to the acre!

I worked it out at 200kg per acre, 100 kg per acre over 3 weeks ago and 100 kg 6 weeks ago

 

[DRC]

I worked it out at 200kg per acre, 100 kg per acre over 3 weeks ago and 100 kg 6 weeks ago

I read it as 18 tons on 90 acres in one go !

 

[William Mellor]

I read it as 18 tons on 90 acres in one go !

No sorry not all at one go

 

[jondear]

Grass is motoring here, afraid to say too much of it , but not going to complain.View attachment 712308

Didn't Wales have 2inches a week ago !That will be it !

 

[Beef farmer]

Yes, back in the season
Never had such an easy time. Stubbles all sprayed, hedge trimmer going 3rd Cut tomorrow then two dung spreaders coming in Wednesday. Never had it so good
Weighed cattle today, they love this weather, been doing like moles

If youve finished......its been to dry