Harvest/Yields 2020
- Thread starter Honest john
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How are your neighbours getting on? I'm getting reports of everything cut except the spring barley
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Been in the spring barley yesterday and today. 11.5-12% moisture.
Considering it got hit by the drought and looked like a field of asparagus when it came into ear, it then caught a rain and was full of second growth, somehow its doing over 2t/ac and 5 5ft round bales acre.
Fss,one fungicide, a cheap blw spray and 110 units of N. Im quite happy all things considered.
Considering it got hit by the drought and looked like a field of asparagus when it came into ear, it then caught a rain and was full of second growth, somehow its doing over 2t/ac and 5 5ft round bales acre.
Fss,one fungicide, a cheap blw spray and 110 units of N. Im quite happy all things considered.
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Wow your secondary growth has died well. Fields of spring barley green as grass with awns and ears still straight up. Any roundup?
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
So what’s the general picture regarding yields?
Which farms/fields did best/worst?
Is it location related?
Or were yields best on land that doesn’t lie too wet?
Which farms/fields did best/worst?
Is it location related?
Or were yields best on land that doesn’t lie too wet?
- Location
- MK43
Had a demo T560 to play with today, cracking machine with a big increase in throughput on our 2015 one. Yields still rubbish but at least we've cleared the wheat up.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
For us the best yields have been on the fields which lay wet. We're on kind land that can be sown well any time of the year, it's been all about holding onto a little moisture during the drought.
No round up it's just died off very fast this last couple of weeks. Everyone was saying spring barley wouldnt be ready till september without round up but its caught everyone by surprise.
Ideally it would benefit from a few more days and maybe a shower of rain to make it thrash out easier but at the minute we arnt leaving any ears behind which is good.
I was told today that some of those that farm on chalk south of the M4 have had good yields, perhaps some TFF members can confirm that is true.
- Location
- Darlington
I think we will be lucky with the September drilled wheat early trailer count is at least average and the contract stuff is looking well, over the weighbridge. Being a bit further north has helped the crop utilise the rain that was probably to late for you.
- Location
- Northumberland
WB cleared up. Reckon around 4 & 2t of grain/straw, but won't leave the farm. Dry spell on this land no issue - grass & muck assist in coping with the wet.
Back to grass yesterday - moist & tilthy. Can we have a drought every year, please?
Back to grass yesterday - moist & tilthy. Can we have a drought every year, please?
- Location
- Berkshire
Yes, I'm slightly north of the M4 but good here on the chalk.
South of here seems to be even better.
Now I've calibrated the weigher and can measure full bays in the store to back it up I can confidently say that the wheat I've cut so far is 10.7 t/ha average, which will drop a bit with what's next up to cut but still hoping for over 10 t/ha
And the Two fields of SB cut so far have been 7.2 and 8.3 t/ha, so I'm hoping we can cut the rest without too much thunderstorm damage !!
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
W barley around 2.1t/ac. Very poor, thin and short. Late drilled though.
Seed peas a shade under 1t/ac. Nice sample, reasonably even crop.
Seed wheat, istabraq at the home farm, 2nd wheat. 2.2t/ac. Quite a bit of green,secondary tillers and bare patches throughout field.
Same seed wheat crop on our land 12miles away just finished, 3.6t/ac. Following peas. The difference between the 2 bits night and day. Stronger land, retained moisture better during the dry spell. N from the peas helped it away to. Not much in drilling dates between the 2 bits of seed wheat too, around 1 week.
Wheat on away ground.
W barley
Wheat on away ground.
Last run on peas.
Wheat on home farm.
Wheat on away ground.
Thankyou for the pictures.
Baling the pea haulme for what?
- Location
- East yorks
Seems to be a couple of things really, could land deal with getting 110%+ of annual rainfall in 6months including 25% in Feb alone. If yes good winter crops to spring.
Could it then cope with 15mm total in April, May. If the answer to either or both of those were no then its poor yeild.
As i drove home from Filey the other day there looks some good yields on the yorkshire wolds as its a big sponge
This year certainly proves that what ever one does to soil to try and improve it ,that when push comes to shove it is what it is, when you get extremes of weather as we have had since last Autumn. Know doubt I will be shot down for saying the above as I do appreciate that in a more normal year you will see differences in your soil management.