Getting dry
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Minesapint
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- Location
- Oxon
Desperate here. Anything on the gravel is looking very sad. No rain today, and none forecast. The only thing that has helped is the cold, but looks like it’s warming up end of the week. 90 mm since Feb 1st, only 7mm in April. We usually drought out, but not in April.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Seen irrigation underway on winter barley here in Norfolk.
Holy sh!t will erupt in this country if we get a drought year
Jammy bugger
- Location
- Worcestershire
Is that actually cost effective? Water constraints in that area mean high value crops only I would have thought.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Most probably water going onto a malting barley ,could be very valuable come harvest ?
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Nahh we just import it you see ...... !
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Several around me who have water are putting it into cereals, and even spring sown crops to get them going.
A very good friend of mine has water and rents land to the spud boys they irrigate his wheat for him as they have the reels ect and he recons an inch of water can make half a ton difference to his wheat.
50quid to apply the water for a 150 quid return at current prices.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Miserable here. I’ll get the sawbench out. Sure to bring the rain on.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I don't think the show Is over here yet, winter barley is now looking stressed but spring barley looks very well, beet are doing ok and I still have high hopes for the wheats.
There's time for rain to save the wheat and spring barley but this next week will be crunch time for the winter barley for sure.
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Here rain by mid May will sort crops
if not every tonne will have a higher price than any tonnes sold from 2021
not selling till it’s in the shed
if not every tonne will have a higher price than any tonnes sold from 2021
not selling till it’s in the shed
That long.... lucky sod!
Chatting with a neighbour this morning... his attitude was that wheat at 300/t and the fert on already, it's cost effective to water. Saw 2 irrigators earlier in the week on wheat
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
For the last few years, it's got to this time of year and I've started thinking about the pros and cons and importantly cost of installing irrigation.
If it's done in-house by ourselves the costs aren't horrendous. The biggest spanner in the works is getting the abstraction license.
If it's done in-house by ourselves the costs aren't horrendous. The biggest spanner in the works is getting the abstraction license.
Thought the malting job was less exciting since it has become difficult to export... Heard of malting grade being sold for feed this week!
I am somewhat out of the loop, but used to value irrigation rights for the abstraction review. It's a dark art and I was often in the dark 