Getting concerned

[PSQ]

For all of you desperate to get on and sow the first acre, as Jim Bowen used to say:
- "Look at what you could have won!"

Wheat sown into 4" of decent tilth over blancmange on 24th October, followed by 125mm of rain, hmmm ?

 

[Tompkins]

Had a walk around the bit of wheat we managed to drill mid October, most of its there, slugs have had a patch in one field even with 2 doses of pellets. Can't see is getting back on the land for a while now though[emoji25]View attachment 846171

 

[Renaultman]

It is already, problem is there is still so much wheat around from 16.28Mt harvest that needs somewhere to go so price has to remain competitive for exports

I personally believe anything above £170 will be a bonus, the market is very good at adjusting to gluts and shortages, I believe.

 

[bankrupt]

For all of you desperate to get on and sow the first acre, as Jim Bowen used to say:
- "Look at what you could have won!"

View attachment 846170

Wheat sown

Our experience, for what it's worth, is that anything with a bit of a slope on's still mostly OK.

Flat bits = Failure.

edit:- hereabouts "Flat" means less than about 10% grade, which is steeper than 90% of UK arable.

 

[Martin Holden]

Pointless

Good one word answer. I’ve seen some Cotswold brash ploughed today and would not normally be. It was water logged in places so no advantage here!

 

[Wombat]

Our experience, for what it's worth, is that anything with a bit of a slope on's still mostly OK.

Flat bits = Failure.

edit:- hereabouts "Flat" means less than about 10% grade, which is steeper than 90% of UK arable.

What’s a slope? [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Water laying about here now on drilled ground. This past couple of days have set us back now.

 

[bankrupt]

What’s a slope? [emoji23][emoji23]

Next field along's into WB this time.

I'll try to post a pic when we cut it.

 

[oil barron]

Oh no! I haven't got any of these things. Better get my thinking cap on. Sure I'll think of something at some point.

Hay - Boat - Saudi - Sheep (not your own).

 

[teslacoils]

Make hay,
Profit buys boat,
Sail to Saudi,
Eat a sheep?

 

[Wombat]

Next field along's into WB this time.

I'll try to post a pic when we cut it.

I think there is more slope from the front to the back of that forwarder than my whole farm

 

[bobk]

Most concern now is buying a new tyre for the drill trailer , moved it 100 yards in to a field and hasn't moved since , washed it off nicely though

 

[DRC]

When I posted a picture of this field after drilling, someone said, that’s going to end badly. They were right.

 

[bobk]

When I posted a picture of this field after drilling, someone said, that’s going to end badly. They were right. View attachment 846242View attachment 846243

What a f**kin mess ,

 

[lloyd]

Make hay,
Profit buys boat,
Sail to Saudi,
Eat a sheep?

Wet summer
Sell haymaking kit
Emigrate to Saudi
Arab runs off with wife

 

[bobk]

Make hay,
Profit buys boat,
Sail to Saudi,
Eat a sheep?

You do realise hay is more weather dependant than cereals ?

 

[oil barron]

Make hay,
Profit buys boat,
Sail to Saudi,
Eat a sheep?

 

[lloyd]

When I posted a picture of this field after drilling, someone said, that’s going to end badly. They were right. View attachment 846242View attachment 846243

That proves how wet it is,that's
the first poor picture of a crop you've ever posted

 

[DRC]

Luckily we have some better crops on the farm and we grow a lot of spring crops anyway, mostly maize.
Later sown wheat is finally emerging and we have earlier drilled barley , wheat , rye and OSR

 

[lloyd]

Luckily we have some better crops on the farm and we grow a lot of spring crops anyway, mostly maize.
Later sown wheat is finally emerging and we have earlier drilled barley , wheat , rye and OSR View attachment 846245View attachment 846246View attachment 846247View attachment 846248View attachment 846250

Ah that's more like the old Silverfox