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I wonder if matters are made worse than '76 by the amount of up front spending to be recovered from crops today.
Our gamekeepers wouldn't have been too chuffed with that - always insisted upon the best top quality feed, and they still do.the combine tank wasn’t very full of shrivelled grain, so told old Johnny to stick the auger in the wood and feed the pheasants.
Price of wheat helped a bit, too - £83/t = £700+ in today's money.
Against that, land we bought in 1975 was costing 18.5% interest in 1976 - £600+/acre rental equivalent.
But anyone with little or no land charge was laughing all the way to the bank even with a harvest averaging a bit under 1t/acre.
Where does that leave the w barley, MOIC-wise?w barley now white. Wheat would be the same, but would have had a big spend, at least the spring crops have had little thrown at them.
Yes, life's far more complicated now than it was in 1976, Muddyboots, not least because of the sharp fall in the real value of grain.I would be a very happy bunny indeed with a ton to the acre @£700 this year!!
Can offer you a load or three, even show you a profit - shall we settle at a round £600?Price of wheat helped a bit, too - £83/t = £700+ in today's money.
Against that, land we bought in 1975 was costing 18.5% interest in 1976 - £600+/acre rental equivalent.
But anyone with little or no land charge was laughing all the way to the bank even with a harvest averaging a bit under 1t/acre, as a lot did, hereabouts.
It is not going to be pretty! No autumn residuals applied, but will pay for that with BG seed return. We always run out of water here, but not this early. Barley normally does OK being that bit earlier, but this was mauled in the end of October, has very little root structure, and is dying on its feet. It was similar last year, but rain arrived just in time, and we averaged 3.7/acre, but I fear the boat has sailed this time. Hopefully will get something for HSS.Where does that leave the w barley, MOIC-wise?
Similar here - field cut 29th June 1984 into WB again this time.there was a field of WB combined about 26 th June near Huntingdon a few years ago as it burnt off. the same field is in WB barley this year and is still very green and head not going over yet.
Same here, Jo28.next year is going to be a real struggle.
Why?Barley sprayed off.
If you are going to do it do it before flowering as after will be too late. If I could put an inch on now I would, I'm sure it would easily pay for itself. In a 7-10 days time I think it would be too late to achieve much.If you could irrigate cereals would you? If so how much would they need? 1”? Or not bother?