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- NSW, Newstralya
im sure they have lost a lot more than 2 in a row in the past
Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
- Thread starter Farmer Roy
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im sure they have lost a lot more than 2 in a row in the past
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
At least you mob beat us in the lawn bowls in the gold medal bowl off... You can all hang your hat on that for the next 30 years 
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Are darts in the games ? 
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
I think the wheat has enough moisture now to see it through to harvest . . .
At least we’ll have plenty of sub soil moisture for planting cotton & sorghum in October
At least we’ll have plenty of sub soil moisture for planting cotton & sorghum in October
And cold and windy 8c /12c down at Wye river.I think the wheat has enough moisture now to see it through to harvest . . .
At least we’ll have plenty of sub soil moisture for planting cotton & sorghum in October
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Steel
Member
- Location
- Finley, Riverina, Australia
I’m starting to irrigate my wheat and Canola next week.
Stuff all rain here.
Stuff all rain here.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
I'm not quite that motivated.....To fùçķing cold at night....... And I'm still a tad busy to worry about it....
Steel
Member
- Location
- Finley, Riverina, Australia
It off allocation.
Steel
Member
- Location
- Finley, Riverina, Australia
I hear you have a good Canola crop. If you are going to water it the earlier the better. Canola in full flower does not like wet feet and are easy to kill.
- Location
- somerset
you lot are meant to live in a dry country, us lot are meant to live in a wet one
how come its the other way around, at the moment ?
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
I know.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Can't start before Tuesday as I won't be here and it's being sprayed with fungicide by ground rig Tuesday as well. And still waiting for pivot pump motor to be rebuilt and guys from Wagga to come and reinstall the end gun booster pump.
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- somerset
but l would still like some of their water
we have had 4 out of the last 5, seriously dry here, its getting towards desert conditions, for us anyway, is it climate change, or changing climate
We seem to get weather events, rather than steady. Heavy downpours, that run straight off etc. and in 50 odd years, never seen such a continuous run of dry summers, and its affecting the way we farm. And next yr, wet or dry ?
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Agree with all that. The climate has definitely changed for whatever reason and to farm here you need to consider irrigation on higher value crops.
Used to get 3 or even 4 good crops of silage, 2 is pushing it these days.
I am OK again for water now and everything has changed from dead looking to actually looking quite healthy, weeds especially.
Groundwater isn't replenished though, I doubt it will be either.Rainwater harvesting tanks going in as soon as I sheet my new shed roof. People would have looked at you as if you were an idiot if you suggested that 20 years back!
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- somerset
We have springs, and parts of a stream, that l have never seen dry, in 50+ years.Agree with all that. The climate has definitely changed for whatever reason and to farm here you need to consider irrigation on higher value crops.
Used to get 3 or even 4 good crops of silage, 2 is pushing it these days.
I am OK again for water now and everything has changed from dead looking to actually looking quite healthy, weeds especially.
Rainwater harvesting tanks going in as soon as I sheet my new shed roof. People would have looked at you as if you were an idiot if you suggested that 20 years back!
we have always had dry times, and l allow for them, 3 in a row, nearly finished us, feeding dairy cows, a lot of bought in fodder, all through summer and winter, ..........
Thought about it, researched, and changed, we haven't got much grass, but a bit better than our neighbours, for a change. The main problem for us, is the fact we farm free draining soil, a lot of south facing slopes, and exposed, its the dry wind, that finishes us off, nothing we can do about that, you just have to work around it. So, grow stuff that is deep rooted, along with herbs different grasses etc, it worked.
In a good damp year, l can get 5 cuts of grass, this year, heavy first, small light 2nd, and might be a 3rd end sept, if it rains, its the rain that worries me, we need to have an enormous amount, to fill the aquifers etc.
There's nothing we can do, to change things, so my idea, is make the most of what we have, and keep moaning about the 'weather', because that's what UK farmers do !
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
All depends on global weather pattens and ocean currents.
El Nino, La Nina etc.
US weather forecaster Joe Ba5tardi has been predicting a quiet hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico which has played out however a predicted flip to an active hurricane season soon.
So when the area gets hit by a big one maybe this season the media will be all over ‘climate change’, not just forecastable weather.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
As a Uk farmer I am totally convinced the climate has changed over my lifetime. 40 years ago we would never even consider needing to irrigate for example yet now it would be a mistake not to think it is almost a must. This is on fruit and veg.
We did have one off events such as the summer of 1976 that always gets used as a reference point whenever the sun comes out. We did have a few very prolonged wet times in the 80s that get less comment but we’re quite a thing for us at the time. These things are also quite often local events even in our small isle, I’ve had plenty of rain for now but others are still dry. Just as I read of people having a bad time of wet weather when I haven’t had any rain just 50 miles away.
Are you guys in Australia seeing a big change in trends or are you a country of extremes anyway so hard to see any trend.
of course as we aren’t here for long we don’t really see trends on any real scale, it’s all been an improvement since the last ice age so far.
We did have one off events such as the summer of 1976 that always gets used as a reference point whenever the sun comes out. We did have a few very prolonged wet times in the 80s that get less comment but we’re quite a thing for us at the time. These things are also quite often local events even in our small isle, I’ve had plenty of rain for now but others are still dry. Just as I read of people having a bad time of wet weather when I haven’t had any rain just 50 miles away.
Are you guys in Australia seeing a big change in trends or are you a country of extremes anyway so hard to see any trend.
of course as we aren’t here for long we don’t really see trends on any real scale, it’s all been an improvement since the last ice age so far.