Getting concerned

[teslacoils]

2012 I'd say half our autumn planted area did not get visited by Mr combine.

 

[Hindsight]

ah i though u meant it was that wet the combines didnt get it lifted

Harvest 2013 was a nice dry time. March / April 2013 coldest since the winter of 1963 was further challenge. But rather ironically the grain fill period during late May and through June 2013 was one of the sunniest on record and thus on good soils near Spalding some heavy yields of wheat were harvested. And many crops did do better than anticipated. But on the difficult clay soils which had lain wet all winter damage was done during the winter months with areas dieing off. Always complex.

 

[Bossfarmer]

2012 I'd say half our autumn planted area did not get visited by Mr combine.

was the crop there though or had it just died out after planting?

 

[teslacoils]

was the crop there though or had it just died out after planting?

Drowned. Slugs. Capped.

Much fallowed. Some dragged up and replaced with spring red wheat.

 

[Hindsight]

Drowned. Slugs. Capped.

Much fallowed. Some dragged up and replaced with spring red wheat.

Ah yes, I had forgotten about the Red Spring Wheat years. Does anyone grow it now. Fond memories. I was less grey then!

 

[teslacoils]

Ah yes, I had forgotten about the Red Spring Wheat years. Does anyone grow it now. Fond memories. I was less grey then!

Don't know. This was a coded variety. Did well. Ended up at 2t per acre at a hellish high price. I'd grow it again. Might make an enquiry, although i always said never again re premium crops. Might be alternative metchants.

 

[Brisel]

Premium Crops has new ownership these days (Cefetra).

My predecessors grew red wheat here. Did ok the first year but awful after that. The very small market was soon flooded after good harvests. I couldn’t shift the pittance I had when I came here because Gleadell had sheds full of it over yeared.

Niche crops are invariably wish crops. You wish you’d thought of growing it sooner or, more often, wish you’d never bothered. There are a few growers who do these well and have learned the tricks over the years but even on their farms you’ll never see them on a big % of the area.

 

[Honest john]

Wish I had planted in September type of crops ?

 

[Oscar]

I grew red wheat for 4 years and fitted in well as I was also doing grain maize so had 50/50. As others said, never yielded above 2t /ac but was £3.. / tonne. However after 2 years, rank hovis started to just move it to store and sort of killed the crop off to nothing and it disappeared as an option. Coincided with me dropping grain maize due to late harvest,deer damage and lack of demand . Funny enough, I saw a ex NH salesman from that era only this past week and he asked me if I still grew red wheat !

 

[Lincsman]

Red wheat was for Hovis to announce their bread was 100% British instead of adding Canadian red wheat to the grist, didnt do anything for sales so they gave it up.

 

[czechmate]

Red wheat was for Hovis to announce their bread was 100% British instead of adding Canadian red wheat to the grist, didnt do anything for sales so they gave it up.

Sounds like a warning regarding Br....t in there.

 

[bankrupt]

Things are looking up here, at last.

No measurable rain for 24hrs.

First time since 21st Sept.

8 weeks, exactly.

 

[David.]

R4 Lunchtime weather has high pressure moving in for the week.
Sun cracking the flags on Wednesday I expect.

 

[Bury the Trash]

R4 Lunchtime weather has high pressure moving in for the week.
Sun cracking the flags on Wednesday I expect.

 

[Flat 10]

R4 Lunchtime weather has high pressure moving in for the week.
Sun cracking the flags on Wednesday I expect.

It’s been getting better next week all autumn

 

[Hindsight]

It’s been getting better next week all autumn

Set into heavy rain here in past half hour, checked gauge 2mm and now falling heavily . Driven me in from sawing wood.

 

[Fubar]

It’s been getting better next week all autumn

My thoughts exactly

 

[neilo]

I've finally given up on my Winter Barley. I emptied the drill yesterday, which I had optimistically left half full ready to get going again. If it does ever dry up, it will be ate enough to put SB in instead now.

That which I did drill, is just peeping through in a few places this morning, having been sat in something resembling porridge for a month. I had assumed it would all have rotted off, as I gave up checking it ten days ago, having seen no sign of anything. If anything survives, it will be a cheap crop anyway. No chance of getting any Autumn herbicides on, and not even dared to take a quad bike out to put slug pellets on. Shut the gate and walk away for a month or two I reckon.

 

[FG.]

It’s been getting better next week all autumn

Likewise getting better next week, all summer!!

 

[Zippy768]

With a such a poor Autumn and little winter cereals planted, harvest 2020 will see a much lower total cereal tonnage?
Will this actually help the barley price?? Despite the predicted large spring barley acreage.
Or wishful thinking?

Got a quote for some Spring Wheat, made me sad.