Harvest 2018

[warksfarmer]

Milling wheats look fantastic. Wosr looks very good for saying we’ve spent nothing growing it really. Spring barley looks very good at the moment and maize looks alright but needs rain. Bit of new grass coming into its first harvest also looks very good.

The general theme though is another inch of rain would suit everything quite well.

 

[franklin]

Whoop whoop.

 

[Fish]

Whoop whoop.

One flower, I'll raise you 20

 

[franklin]

Those rows look wide.

Anyway, I am on a train and barley south of Grantham is easily a week forward of mine.

 

[MrNoo]

OSR here starting to change colour, a week of this weather and it won't be long before the glypho will be coming out.

 

[bankrupt]

It’s more like foraging than combining in the traditional term. .

I expect that we shall be combining in the traditional term here by June 30th, silverfox, which will be a complete and utter carbon copy of the infamous 1976 drought year.

Except that we'll be running 20+ year old combines instead of new ones.

 

[Charlie--chalk]

Won’t be long judging by the look of some of the rape!

 

[Charlie--chalk]

Some light patches desperate for rain!!!

 

[radar]

OSR here starting to change colour, a week of this weather and it won't be long before the glypho will be coming out.

Hope not too soon - still got some of last years to move out of shed. Merchant dragging heels?

 

[miniconnect]

4 -5 weeks time roughly up here, grain pops like a good spot, and stalk going Yellow low down. Crows are going for it since Saturday, they're usually 4 weeks ahead of the combine.
Very nearly wasn't sown at all, pleasing now we took the chance.

 

[Iben]

W barley turning/dying fast now. Looking like another very early start to harvest.

 

[Flat 10]

W barley turning/dying fast now. Looking like another very early start to harvest.

No like. Same here. Desperate for rain.

 

[Iben]

No like. Same here. Desperate for rain.

Got 10mm forecast for tonight, but I think any rain is to late for the w barley. The wheat that isn't already curled up should benefit.

On the positive side, w oats are looking very good!

 

[yellow belly]

the weather round here is ideal for grain fill in wheat on heavier deeper land should be good yields if the wet in march did not damage it dry autumn was a plus
bit on the dry side for thinner soil currently on line for the driest june with non recorded so far

 

[bankrupt]

on line for the driest june with non recorded so far

Beats us, yellow belly.

We've had 2mm.

 

[Neddy flanders]

Not much hope here

 

[Flat 10]

View attachment 683984 Not much hope here

I got some like that

 

[bankrupt]

I got some like that

Same here, Flat 10.

It's a real shame not to have had any rain during the current growing season, after 35" excess runoff during the winter following on the 11" not really needed during last year's harvest.

 

[Breckland Boy]

No rain here since 13th May. Winter Barley has died, rain would be a problem as it may second tiller.
WW is holding up surprisingly well and rain would still help.
Spring Barley looks terrible, rain would definitely mean secondary tillers.
Sugar Beet is desperate for a few inches.
Potatoes and onions are fine due to irrigation, potatoes are 10-14 days from burn down.

 

[watfordfrosty]

neighbour was dessicating osr today countdown started