- Location
- East yorks
Properly horrid now this morning
Getting concerned
- Thread starter Mr Charisma
- Start date
A lot of drivers these days wont sweep or help with the last few shovel loads from the corner of the shed.
Fortunately, farmerm, the last few 2019 loads will never have to be shovelled here, likely all being kept back to make up somewhat for the now inevitable 2020 shortfall.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I'm definitely thinking about drilling the wheat and forgetting about my modest barley acreage.
Err let me think. £20/tonne less and 1t/ha less for barley, at this stage its a bit of a no brainer. Cover crop fallow, good blackgrass kill and 1st August drilled OSR, sounds good to me.
(Then redrill OSR with wheat!!)
Err let me think. £20/tonne less and 1t/ha less for barley, at this stage its a bit of a no brainer. Cover crop fallow, good blackgrass kill and 1st August drilled OSR, sounds good to me.
(Then redrill OSR with wheat!!)
If the seed wasn’t already here, think I’d do the same .
- Location
- norfolk
Still have around 300 acres of hybrid barley to go in, been told it’s fine till end of October so fingers crossed there’s a few dry days ahead and can get it in next week
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I'd be forgetting barley now. It will grow but once the roots hit the wet, or more rain washes in the pre-em, or it gets cold it will look bloody sad all winter.
It’s been a dry day here and if it’s dry tomorrow , then I will drill barley on this field . It isn’t really wheat land.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Is it mild enough for you to drill it with spring barley? I mean, later in the month? And mild enough winter?
Possibly, but got WB seed here, so it’ll go in now, all being well.
average farmer
Member
- Location
- North Notts
I’m still thinking about a bit of winter barley here, it’s on the nicer land and would go first anyway. Seed off the heap so won’t need to buy expensive dressed wheat or have the cleaner come and dress a fair chunk and not get it in . Won’t be followed by osr that for sure
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
Well first morning in a long time that I have a empty rain gauge , clear blue sky and pretty sharp with it, not far of a frost forecast for me has changed tho, as of today we were due 14 dry days , end of next week may be, ?
But as long as they are little showers at least the ground will be draining through a bit which will be important , no point having a dry crust and shite a inch underneath
But as long as they are little showers at least the ground will be draining through a bit which will be important , no point having a dry crust and shite a inch underneath
- Location
- East yorks
Weekend looks crap again
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
Gwilt drivers were absolute stars! There were 2 bothers on bulkers - (jeavons? ) are they still about?His lorry drivers where always willing to help shovel wheat at the bottom of the bins too, before the days of us having a sweep auger. A lot of drivers these days wont sweep or help with the last few shovel loads from the corner of the shed.
puntabrava
Member
- Location
- Wiltshire
Working together?
puntabrava
Member
- Location
- Wiltshire
Yes, couple of power Harrow drills there also. Heavy old ground at the foot of Marlborough downs.
Thank goodness it's not raining today in Wiltshire.
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- Location
- In the middle.
Your idea of heavy must be different to mine as i don't know any heavy soil that you can plough and combi drill into in good conditions let alone a wet season like this.
Ploughing some clay loam after Maize today , theres not a chance in hell of combi drilling it! It needs a cpl days of dry to haze over first.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
On a good day, I could plough, wait a couple of days, Harrow into smaller Lumps of sh!t, roll, wait a few more days, Harrow it again then drill. I'm on clay loam. It's wet as fing cat turds.
Week of not rain and I might get the sprayer out. Ten days to drill required. .....
....oh, and I'd need to find a drill too.
Week of not rain and I might get the sprayer out. Ten days to drill required. .....
....oh, and I'd need to find a drill too.