Harvest/Yields 2020

Phil P

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Arable Farmer
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North West
Feeling slightly better about making the decision to ripping up the winter barley In this field and drill laureate instead.

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fingermouse

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Arable Farmer
Location
cheshire
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I wandered through this what was a standing crop of planet debating wether to roundup it what seems an age ago , the weather made its mind up for me and I didn’t
Cut it yesterday flat as fudge
Just scraped pleasingly 3t/ acre over weighbridge 14% moisture
Vol tatters beggered up the straw being baleable unfortunately
 

Alwayshappy

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Arable Farmer
Finished yesterday with some spring barley. Propino. Sprayed a fortnight ago then rained for 12 days. About 30% of ears dropped off on the floor . 15% moisture at 11am though. A disappointing end to a poor harvest. Bulldozing, stones, and brackled, flat. Good riddance to 2020 season, what a year it has been, View attachment 904853 roll on 2021.

Well done, the public doesn’t realise the stress we farmers go through to put cheep food on their table. Keep up the good work [emoji106][emoji16]
 

Alwayshappy

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Arable Farmer
Started Irina sp barley this afternoon, about a foot tall, some brackling and slow going. Trying to shave it off puffy soil that wants to cleave to the bottom of the header is not being much fun tbh.
Having to cut and cart myself, so consequently only managed 4 loads before it came down tough like rags.
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You’re getting it that’s the main thing this year, keep at it, well done [emoji106][emoji16]
 

Hereward

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Location
Peterborough
I begin to think that it is a regular spring barley thing, lots of ears on the floor due to the wet 10 days we always seem to get just as we are finishing wheat, and consequently cannot get to barley quickly enough.
I know it costs buggerall to grow, but winter seems just more reliable and is gone before harvest really starts...
I've cut the Spring Barley first for the last few years, used to leave it till last as it was lower yielding and value than WW, but as many have found its suffers so many losses if left fit in the field with bad weather. Bulldozing and stones were just part of harvest, cutting S Barley in early September, have cut it all in early August it combines so much easier and faster.
 
Finished this afternoon . Spring barley yielded better than expected at a conservative 3 ton/ acre, despite being pretty flat. Funnily enough, I noticed heads on the floor where it was standing, so the brackling had held it up, so to speak.
much better and cheaper to grow than the winter barley. Baler man doesn’t seem so busy this year, so was following me , with everything in the barn this evening .
harvest report
winter barley , the worst I’ve ever grown at less than 2 tons/ acre
winter wheat , very happy considering the year. Very good in parts with poorer headlands and flooded patches. I’d guess averaged 3. 25 t
spring barley . Better than expected . Av 3 ton
OSR grown here, 1.5 t / acre
Hoping for a nice sept/ October as have 100 maize and some beet to harvest
Hope everyone gets finished soon. I’m sure there’s a good week coming now we are done .
i had a lot on the floor last year and it failed for malting, did you get it away?
 

tw15

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Location
DORSET
Cut about 12 acres of self set beans for someone he may of got 2 tons total more weeds than beans thistles as big as a armchair . why oh why .
 

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