Harvest/Yields 2020

[Honest john]

Very quite on here so far.

 

[Onthedowns]

That’s because its shocking so far, no surprises there.Barley either side of 2t/acre with very low bushel 57 to 63, OSR 0.75 to 1t/acre.

 

[Boysground]

A week away here. Drove Wiltshire to London and back yesterday only saw 1 field cut.

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[7610 super q]

I see Adam on Countryfile last night admitted the effects of the drought on his crops. Crops looked even worse than mine. I was starting to think I was the only one affected by the drought in April/ May, after listening to all the predictions on here for massive straw and grain yields......
TFF is overtaking the FW for pub yield talk IMO.

 

[Boysground]

Not expecting anything brilliant this year.
w Barley looks promising so will disappoint
Osr still have everything that was planted so will definitely improve on last year. Is only half the area.
Spring barley plants look ok but thin so yield down and thin crop could mean high n
Wheat one farm good Bg control went in ok and should be average or better
Other farm poor Bg control, it’s pants! would have been better off not bothering planting it and doubling the SB area
Spring beans look good but I’ve never grown them before so have no idea what they should look like

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[ajd132]

Osr doing about 3t/ha so far which is what I was realistically hoping for. Been cheap to grow atleast.

 

[MrNoo]

Know of one field of OSR cut yesterday, 30t off 36ac, I actually thought it would have done better than that looking at it.

 

[DRC]

did a 17 acre field of winter barley yesterday. i think i could just about fill a 29 ton lorry . It was so short in places that i was using the reel to sweep it onto the bed. Hopefully that's the worst field.

 

[Bossfarmer]

a lot of good looking spring barley about

 

[7610 super q]

a lot of good looking spring barley about

Do you write articles for the Farmers Weekly ?

 

[Bossfarmer]

Do you write articles for the Farmers Weekly ?

no im just a crofter compared to these farmers

 

[Onthedowns]

Spring barley looks a picture driving past,but walk it and it’s half a crop?

 

[7610 super q]

It'll be the worst crop I've ever had.....I think. Depends whether the second growth stage catches up with the first. Wonder if I can use a stripper header to take off a first cut, thus leaving secondary tillers and stunted patches for a second cut.....

 

[solo]

Cut gimlet winter barley yesterday. About 2t/acre and sample looks poor. Cut below 14.3% so will save on drying cost. Very small swath of straw.

 

[jendan]

Cut gimlet winter barley yesterday. About 2t/acre and sample looks poor. Cut below 14.3% so will save on drying cost. Very small swath of straw.

How much £/acre would that cost to grow and combine?

 

[solo]

How much £/acre would that cost to grow and combine?

Got to be in the region of break even but I haven’t totalled the cropping program yet. Rent vs sfp to balance the books

 

[T Hectares]

Still two weeks from cutting anything here!!

 

[Wombat]

Still two weeks from cutting anything here!!

6 weeks here

 

[Farmerdunk]

Cut gimlet winter barley yesterday. About 2t/acre and sample looks poor. Cut below 14.3% so will save on drying cost. Very small swath of straw.

Is that straw through a straw walker? Like you said, not much there

 

[neilo]

Spring barley looks a picture driving past,but walk it and it’s half a crop?

Same here, so probably best just to look at it from over the hedge.

On the bright side, I won't trample much down if I do have a walk through it.