Harvest Start Date

[MrNoo]

Same here except I've a 22 mile round trip to tip .

Ouch!! Longest I have is 5 miles on an outlying bit, rest is pretty much ring fenced fortunately. You need bigger trailers!!

 

[bobk]

Ouch!! Longest I have is 5 miles on an outlying bit, rest is pretty much ring fenced fortunately. You need bigger trailers!!

I'm sure they make them ...

 

[DRC]

Ouch!! Longest I have is 5 miles on an outlying bit, rest is pretty much ring fenced fortunately. You need bigger trailers!!

He needs a grain store

 

[bobk]

Ouch!! Longest I have is 5 miles on an outlying bit, rest is pretty much ring fenced fortunately. You need bigger trailers!!

French have a lorry and drag system , drops 2 bins in field collects 2 full uns 16 tons I believe , think it's 120 euro a pop though

 

[Romeogolf]

Orwell WB officially large Labrador height, and straw fit too, although my sampling buddy dozed off in the middle of the moisture reading procedure. Could have a nibble tomorrow if weather and inclination allows.

 

[DRC]

Good to go here, only the forecast tomorrow is terrible .

 

[Flat 10]

Yes today should have been the day here too. So much for a dry week.

 

[Farmer-George]

Probably have a go Friday afternoon ?

 

[cotswoldcs]

Hope to make a start... next month. Good luck to all of you.

 

[bankrupt]

Could easily have started today, but combine broke down on way to field, it's now raining and the pub's open.

Still on for 10th July, probably.



In any event, this harvest's going to be the least enjoyable ever since the great drought of 1989, when the high point, as I recall, was claiming the insurance for a field of barley on fire.

 

[bobk]

Could easily have started today, but combine broke down on way to field, it's still raining and the pub's open.

Still on for 10th July.



In any case, this harvest's probably going to be the least enjoyable ever since the drought of 1989, when the high point was claiming the insurance for a field of barley on fire.

Don't remember that one .

 

[bankrupt]

Don't remember that one .

April/May same as this time, here.

June 22%.

Much more rain further North.

 

[farmerfred86]

we started yesterday on winter barley (matching our all time record for early starts) but the striking thing this year might be a long drawn out harvest... I reckon our Spring wheat is 4-6 weeks away yet!

 

[Pilatus]

French have a lorry and drag system , drops 2 bins in field collects 2 full uns 16 tons I believe , think it's 120 euro a pop though

In the past while on holiday in France , I have always wondered how their drop and collect bin system worked. I assume the system is run / organised by Cooperative Grainstores across the country, a system that lends it self well to the many small farmers across France.
Any French TFF members please comment.

 

[Wombat]

With the weather having turned so rubbish, cold and wet i am starting to think we might not start till Sept at this rate

 

[teslacoils]

With the weather having turned so rubbish, cold and wet i am starting to think we might not start till Sept at this rate

Yay for liquid sunshine.

 

[Wombat]

Yay for liquid sunshine.

My spring barley is onto its set of tertiary tillers now so it might be worth leaving it

 

[teslacoils]

My spring barley is onto its set of tertiary tillers now so it might be worth leaving it

Yuuuuk.

 

[DrWazzock]

A month away. Spring barley and winter wheat. Green as leeks.

 

[tw15]

Monday or Tuseday next week on grass seed only driving his jd combine to help out , here nothing to cut until August i recon as the first will be s barley .