- Location
- Lincolnshire
Am I concerned? No, nothing drilled, but I couldn't give one, quite frankly. At £120 per ton it isnt worth getting out of bed.
Getting concerned
- Thread starter Mr Charisma
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Good suggestion. We are a working 1970's farm. Maybe I could get a rural development grant.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
@Spanish Is it too wet or too dry now? My wife teaches Spanish and is always interested in the situation in Spain.
- Location
- East yorks
yet again a forecast has turned to crap
I'm going away , you should , games up now.
- Location
- East yorks
We will get something in even if it’s Jan as I am not carrying over all my wheat seed to next year
It is so screwed up though it went past funny about 4 weeks ago.
Hey ho might win 69 million tonight and I could maybe decide to come back in April [emoji23]
- Location
- East yorks
Looking at the met office anomaly charts we are over 200% for both sept and Oct for rainfall
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
tried that what seems like weeks ago , have decided to wait as what we have sown (2/3rds) is at least emerging other than a couple of ponds , This last few days whilst still having the odd rain/shower event putting paid to any action the land is gradually getting drier i.e its not yet drying on top but at least the rainfall is getting away faster than its falling so we are still in with a chance. Ww up to vernalization cut off is better here than sp barley ive proved that to myself more than once in the last few decades
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We have till the end of January to drill WW so no worries. Best WW we drilled here was end of January 2019. Beet, sheep, Paraplow, power Harrow it to knock it level, Undrill. Excellent crop. 4 ton per acre Crispin with no big residual herbicide stack.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
There are plusses. Any wheat I could have drilled in September would be dead now.
Here in the north of Castile it is excessively humid, the terrain is too heavily loaded for good planting, however there are areas further south that are even claiming some rain.
It should be considered that the land has neither the depth nor the drainage that seems to have the farms in the UK. I say it for the photos I see in this forum
RushesToo
Member
- Location
- Fingringhoe
I do sometimes wonder why you punish yourself with farming.
Let the wife grow some flowers*, let some land and enjoy yourself fixing stuff.RuhsesToo
*Might get out of hand, you might end up maintaining polytunnels and sprayers more than you want.
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
Thought I ought to report in, when I started this thread some 6 weeks ago it was partly in jest although I was slightly concerned as we prefer a dryish autumn, on the 22nd Sept we were set up well, nearly all the ground was trioed, fields which were a bit tough had been cultipressed and with some weather on them we would of had perfect seedbed conditions for this land,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but,,,,,,,,,,,,, we have passed 9 inches of rainfall since mid Sept and will more than likely go past the 10 inch rainfall later today , having watched and contributed to various threads on here it is very interesting to see how certain parts of the country have missed some of the major rainfall events and have managed to get some crops in. It always makes me chuckle when I look at posts and folks say that they have been drilling on some very heavy clay yet they are drilling straight behind the plough, yes it's ploughing up shiny but probably because of the traffic it has endured.
As always, you wonder if another system would have worked, I have seen a couple of weaving gd drills working but on the very best land in the area, does not look pretty but time will tell.
We still have nothing planted and to be honest I'm glad I haven't as they would struggle with this amount of water about on this land.
Saving grace for us is that we have had a good harvest, we have more in the grain stores from this harvest than 2012 / 2013 combined., we also had a good harvest last year which other areas didn't.
I'm certainly glad I planted 7 acres of linseed for seed , I have at least got the option of planting a crop cheaply ,
So yes I am concerned,, I have divorce proceedings against me, parents with health issues and over the next few years I will see some big changes in my life but I always look forwards to the future
As always, you wonder if another system would have worked, I have seen a couple of weaving gd drills working but on the very best land in the area, does not look pretty but time will tell.
We still have nothing planted and to be honest I'm glad I haven't as they would struggle with this amount of water about on this land.
Saving grace for us is that we have had a good harvest, we have more in the grain stores from this harvest than 2012 / 2013 combined., we also had a good harvest last year which other areas didn't.
I'm certainly glad I planted 7 acres of linseed for seed , I have at least got the option of planting a crop cheaply ,
So yes I am concerned,, I have divorce proceedings against me, parents with health issues and over the next few years I will see some big changes in my life but I always look forwards to the future
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Flintstone
Member
- Location
- Berkshire
The three main reasons people haven’t been able to get on in this wet autumn are some, one, or all of the following:
1. People who have bloody great big heavy kit who are set up to go for max acres per day, but instead they’re unable to move.
2. People who have cultivated behind the combine.
3. People who’ve gone down the DD route but with overly complicated six figure drills that have been developed during the last few dusty and easy autumns.
I’ve been on drilling last week and got another 200 acres in for other farmers on heavy land that hasn’t been moved until the drill went in the field. It went in well. That’s 1100 acres drilled so far. Heavy land is not a reason not to be drilling in a damp year if the soil has been left well alone post-harvest and the overall structure is good.
I’ve watched people in the last month wait to get their cultivated soil to a moisture level that they’re happy to work it in front of the drill, and then get rained off yet again after they’ve done yet another pass, and I can fully understand their frustration.
Unmoved ground drills at least 75% sooner than moved ground, and it’s largely the awkward timing of the rain in October that caused the problems and not just the volume.
I’ve learned that my choice of system in 2015 has been a lucky one for me this year, and whilst there’s no right or wrong way, one thing for sure is that when it comes to working with the soil, sometimes less really is more.
It’s not all good though. Unable to get aphicide on is a worry, especially with the mild weather we’ve had.
1. People who have bloody great big heavy kit who are set up to go for max acres per day, but instead they’re unable to move.
2. People who have cultivated behind the combine.
3. People who’ve gone down the DD route but with overly complicated six figure drills that have been developed during the last few dusty and easy autumns.
I’ve been on drilling last week and got another 200 acres in for other farmers on heavy land that hasn’t been moved until the drill went in the field. It went in well. That’s 1100 acres drilled so far. Heavy land is not a reason not to be drilling in a damp year if the soil has been left well alone post-harvest and the overall structure is good.
I’ve watched people in the last month wait to get their cultivated soil to a moisture level that they’re happy to work it in front of the drill, and then get rained off yet again after they’ve done yet another pass, and I can fully understand their frustration.
Unmoved ground drills at least 75% sooner than moved ground, and it’s largely the awkward timing of the rain in October that caused the problems and not just the volume.
I’ve learned that my choice of system in 2015 has been a lucky one for me this year, and whilst there’s no right or wrong way, one thing for sure is that when it comes to working with the soil, sometimes less really is more.
It’s not all good though. Unable to get aphicide on is a worry, especially with the mild weather we’ve had.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Yes, when this thread started the concensus was it would buck up. It hasn't. It has got worse.
What's been interesting to me has been the comparison to other years. And more noticeably just how many "bad" years we have had in the last 25 years. It's looking like a bad year at least every five years, often followed by a poor one. And "good" years like last year having poor prices. The number of years that have decent cash outputs where both good yields and prices happen at the same time are not often enough to make a good average.
Not wanting to set us up for a dull winter, but are you all aiming for a spring crop when there will be huge oversupply, or a fallow, and how does that square with paying the rent or bank manager? The latter is due on Tuesday and I'm inclined to suggest that the only income will be bps and stewardship.
What's been interesting to me has been the comparison to other years. And more noticeably just how many "bad" years we have had in the last 25 years. It's looking like a bad year at least every five years, often followed by a poor one. And "good" years like last year having poor prices. The number of years that have decent cash outputs where both good yields and prices happen at the same time are not often enough to make a good average.
Not wanting to set us up for a dull winter, but are you all aiming for a spring crop when there will be huge oversupply, or a fallow, and how does that square with paying the rent or bank manager? The latter is due on Tuesday and I'm inclined to suggest that the only income will be bps and stewardship.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
It's time to start another business/sideline. Relying on farming, especially with a small acreage, is unrealistic.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
You can't compare your ground to other areas in the country , your crops look very well , you should be proud of your achievement , but we have 3 claydons in the area and they have done nothing , and unlikely to till it dries up , we run lighter machinery now having seen the damage that 13 ton tractors can do