Have you got tractor trouble?
Harvest/Yields 2020
- Thread starter Honest john
- Start date
average farmer
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- Location
- North Notts
37-41 was the range got the results when I was leaving the yard so not looked properly. We were ok last year and a run through the opico got them to spec. But ours were flat last year and didn't shed in the wind and yielded the best weve grown .
Tbf I think if I didn't have as many oates I'd have had some fallow. 95% of our farm is spring crops this harvest and I didn't buy or dress a seed.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Ouch that is sh!t. I'm surprised the current oat price isn't better tbh. This has been the first year sp barley has beaten oats on this farm, for yield or profit (aka less loss).
- Location
- North Kent, UK
I’ve been loading Isabel spring oats today. They are weighing much better than Elyann did last year. I actually managed to squeeze 29t on a lorry today, the best I managed last year was 23t!
Wonderful sunny morning here, and now this:-
Rain starting in 8 min
Rain starting in 8 min
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glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Watched a bit of it last night
Shocking
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I think you are talking about me.Safer to be following him than meeting him!!!!
God help anyone who either drives towards him 2 foot from the bank with the attitude of "a tractor can get over, Im in a car and have right of way" (normally BMW or Audi drivers) or anyone who fails to pull into a passing place and keeps coming towards him.
The red mist descends and he plays his game of let's see if we can get a rizla between your mirror and my front wheel!!!!!
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glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
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- Location
- Lincs / Notts
Was it accurate. Has it started to rain ?
It has in Crapweathershire..........
Spot on.
fieldfarmer
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I think I may have to put you on "follow" it started here at 20 past, so you are more accurate then the met office and they're only 10 minutes the other way.Spot on.
fieldfarmer
Member
At least I'm getting a free suna as the steam coming out of last night's effort is mixing with the cold rainy air.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Can we get back onto topic please , discussing crap yields?
Already posted all our yields, compared to last year (see above).
Not finished Spring Oats (didn't have any last year) but still yielding about double what we had the last time we did (1976).
In fact, recent gales seem to have blown out about the same as what we actually harvested that time.
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- Location
- South Wales UK
Headlines yesterday Worst Wheat Harvest for 40 years.
Bread prices to Rise.
Wet all the time bound to have impact on quality and Protein daily ?
Bread prices to Rise.
Wet all the time bound to have impact on quality and Protein daily ?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Much sprouting going on? Shed oats haven't chitted despite the wet. Ditto ears of spring barley on the floor not growing.
Cut our first badly sprouted wheat a week ago last Saturday.
Funnily enough, it didn't seem to get much better as time went on.
Just measured another 22mm - probably 90% of what we'll get today.
Big positive - unlike Tuesday - none of the combine sheets have been blown off.