Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Just been on the BBC predicting high pressure till the end of April with very little rain. Going to be a difficult start for crops.
High pressure till end of april
- Thread starter Grassman
- Start date
Then the heavens will open , all fookin summer , quelle surprise
- Location
- North Somerset.
That’s a relief to those of us that are short of grass, probably means warm with April showers, since when did the BBC get anything right?
Hurrah ... got all our maize to drill and first cut to take.
Nice bit of rain/snow recently to keep it damp until now so bring it on
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Its worse than most of the crappy recent springs we've had, this cold and the wind is relentless and night temps , who would have thought it be so dry do quick after the monsoon 
Last spring was v similarIts worse than most of the crappy recent springs we've had, this cold and the wind is relentless and night temps , who would have thought it be so dry do quick after the monsoon
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
It's going to mean trouble for our local spring barley baron this year.
Everything drilled into cold seedbeds and then no rain.
Rather him than me.
Everything drilled into cold seedbeds and then no rain.
Rather him than me.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Cant remember these temps being this low , but my memory is carp!
- Location
- Suffolk
There must be a lot of fert spread nationally sitting out on dry ground! Warm during the day too. Not good.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
This will be 3rd dry spring in a row here. Probably need to adjust cropping to suit.
Then we'll get some wet springs.
Dry springs suit winter cropping here. Maybe need to look at establishment strategies too.
Glad I haven't just taken on that 3k acre farm for rent!
Dew will help
It's deja-vu all over again.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
You mean frost?
Or frozen dew . same stuff .
Actually, it's worse. Irrigators working in these parts. Not seen that since 1984.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Rather have the dew, frost just shags the grass now
Boohoo
Member
- Location
- Newtownabbey
A couple of dry weeks sounds perfect to me, would be nice if it warmed up a bit though.
- Location
- Suffolk
Field walking today in Suffolk I was amazed how hard the ground is. Ditches bone dry in many places. Zero tilled early looks fine, ZT later (after the rain) slots are opening up.
Yes , it's not exactly flying at the moment