Harvest/Yields 2020

[Wheatonrotty]

First bit of wheat done today, some Fredericia, down to about 13% moisture yield off the first field 6.8t/ha so not a disaster given the year. On to the worse bit now but only done some headland. Don't know bushel weight but the trailers were probably half a tonne heavier than normal over the weighbridge.

 

[jendan]

Story of my OSR.
Drilled last August, mowed around 35% in April/may and baled + wrapped it.
Combined remainder today.
Had around 30tonnes off 40 acres harvested. Best field 6 acres did around 7 tonnes.
Worst field 14 acres did around 7 tonnes!
Pleased it’s in the shed, I will not be bothering with rape next year.

on the flip side, I grow around 250 acres of winter wheat per year and this autumn I will drill around 200 acres of first wheat. Hopefully this will manifest into a shed full of wheat next summer!

1000 tons at £200/ton

 

[Renaultman]

our wb is not yet ready , and yet those further north are well on and those to the south are all but finished ,this weekend waiting for next week is going to be a challenge to get through .I cant even have an away day or two in the lake district where I cant see a combine going to relieve the tension and stop us cutting just to get it in the shed

Just keep thinking the longer you wait, the more there's gonna be (or that's what I'm hoping with the OSR)

 

[casper74]

Ours returned 5.5 bales an acre, but I know what you mean, the price of the grain is also shite. I’m wondering trying more 2nd wheat

All mine goes through cattle, so I will now be buying more barley than normal. Luckily I have plenty of last years straw still to go at.

 

[snarling bee]

Made a start on Extase after beans, 14% mc.
Over weighbridge it came off better than our 5 year first wheat average, and with lower input fungicides.
'A dripping June puts everything in tune' for the second year running here. As well as 30mm at the end of April this year.
Sorry for pushing prices down, obviously my measly amount of first wheat will make a massive difference to world supply and demand equations.
Interestingly the heavier side of the field was over a 1t/ha more than the lighter side, but it also had compost in autumn 2018. And I didn't need Claas telematics to tell me that!!!!!!!! just a good old yield map.

 

[Mark C]

Craft WB drilled first week of October did 3.3t/acre. No wheat ready yet which I hope if a good sign. Some very variable crops around.

 

[Texelman]

I think you maybe had more spring rainfall than us which will, have helped.

We didnt have as wet a back end as you.
Crops established well and put down a good root structure in the dry spring.
Since then been very growths weather.
Think liquid N also helped in dry spring

 

[ImLost]

Won't the severe drop in OSR production in this country push the price right up? And won't the extra cereals grown on land that was used for OSR push other prices down??

 

[Breckland Boy]

Montana wheat 3t ish

12.6%
82kg Bushel
Plenty of straw
=happy boy

 

[Wombat]

Made a start on Extase after beans, 14% mc.
Over weighbridge it came off better than our 5 year first wheat average, and with lower input fungicides.
'A dripping June puts everything in tune' for the second year running here. As well as 30mm at the end of April this year.
Sorry for pushing prices down, obviously my measly amount of first wheat will make a massive difference to world supply and demand equations.
Interestingly the heavier side of the field was over a 1t/ha more than the lighter side, but it also had compost in autumn 2018. And I didn't need Claas telematics to tell me that!!!!!!!! just a good old yield map.

I think the rain that some got at the end of April was really the key, just out of interest what was your Sept to Mar rainfall like?

 

[fingermouse]

Weights all over weighbridge WB hawking seed crop grown as a 1st cereal pleasing 3.5t/acre at 14.8% reasonable amount of straw it was on by more luck than judgement the right fields for the season
Osr windozz what’s been cut up to now 1.3 t/ acre 2 fields left that where party central for beetle and then pigeons and didn’t really get going till April probably going to bring that down to around the ton average mark
Got excited yesterday and dipped into some zyatt one of the very few fields that actually has wheat in hedge to hedge and no islands of weed and bare ground in it it’s hardly ready 17% but the usual well the combines in there now we might as well nip it off kicked in finish field today think it’s going to struggle to get to 2.75t after drying sod all straw either
Got plenty of worst fields than that one to come

 

[robbie]

Montana wheat 3t ishView attachment 898171
12.6%
82kg Bushel
Plenty of straw
=happy boy

Look at that lovely swath of straw!!!!!
Very jealous, it's not going spare is it????

 

[Breckland Boy]

Look at that lovely swath of straw!!!!!
Very jealous, it's not going spare is it????

Sold I'm afraid.

 

[robbie]

Sold I'm afraid.

[emoji26]

 

[Breckland Boy]

[emoji26]

Are you really short?
I have some spring barley that may be available

 

[robbie]

Are you really short?
I have some spring barley that may be available

I think I might be, I've got extra pigs and we haven't got a huge carry over so I'm getting a bit twitchy.

PM me details please.

 

[David.]

We shall soon be needing the late lamented Nogger's wheat futures in freefall graph, with the bloodstained handprints on it..
Good work men; as you were, as you were.

 

[Brisel]

Won't the severe drop in OSR production in this country push the price right up? And won't the extra cereals grown on land that was used for OSR push other prices down??

Sadly not. Cargill and ADM will import a boat load of neonic seed treated osr from abroad to keep a lid on domestic prices. They were smart enough to build the crush plants close to deep water ports. Prices will only go up to the point that importing is viable (import parity). The reverse applies to net surplus grains like barley (export parity).

 

[moretimeforgolf]

I’ve just abandoned combining for the day.
Firefly wheat, moisture down to 10.5%!!
Combine overheating too. So bloody hot and breezy - I’m worried about fire.
Start again at 8 o’clock in the morning I think .

 

[bankrupt]

I’m worried about fire.

Been raining here.