High pressure till end of april

[bobk]

Getting warmer and very little H2o

Should p1ss down next week then .

 

[serf]

Should p1ss down next week then .

Sounds about reet ...

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[glasshouse]

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!

What 3k farm?

 

[glasshouse]

that is why we went to lambing inside,kept them in for a 2/3 weeks after and pushed the lambs on for sale the end of may. don't know if that would work financially nowadays.

No

 

[Classichay]

Putting my silage fert on today. Obviously wasting my time! Will be cutting first week June.

How the weather on the moon?

The moons quite nice this time of the year I believe but Shropshire’s shocking

I don’t think I’m going to loose by not spreading compound at the moment, it’s only going to get used, but I was always warned small amount of rain and high volumes of fert can scorch your leys root mass if not enough water.

 

[czechmate]

Dew will help

I’ve been thinking about this, specifically with urea. I used to be content that the dew was dissolving the granules and if the soil is in the wetter side of moist then the product must go into the soil... but if the ground is dry, then yes the heavy dews dissolve the product (so at least you can’t see it any more) but I wonder now if then it is highly likely to bugger off into the air - more than the granules resting there

 

[Classichay]

I’ve been thinking about this, specifically with urea. I used to be content that the dew was dissolving the granules and if the soil is in the wetter side of moise then the product must go into the soil... but if the ground is dry, then yes the heavy dews dissolve the product (so at least you can’t see it any more) but I wonder now if then it is highly likely to bugger off into the air - more than the granules resting there

Risk of volatilisation with urea is quite high, I remember going round the kareema growhow facility on the Wirral many moons ago and they said that’s the biggest risk of their end product.

 

[Spencer]

Risk of volatilisation with urea is quite high, I remember going round the kareema growhow facility on the Wirral many moons ago and they said that’s the biggest risk of their end product.

That’s cause they were selling AN

 

[Brisel]

That’s cause they were selling AN

Yara are good at this too. They stand to gain the most by lobbying for a ban on urea. Global urea is what keeps the AN producers keen on price. There's no environmental gain (nitrates in water), just helping vested interests!

 

[farmerm]

“Oak before ash only a splash....” oaks are very clearly leading the race here, though I guess I may yet find the ash trees have all quit running

 

[Farmer Roy]

Risk of volatilisation with urea is quite high, I remember going round the kareema growhow facility on the Wirral many moons ago and they said that’s the biggest risk of their end product.

extensive independent trials by our Department of Agriculture years ago showed that losses from urea due to volatilisation were not as high as thought.
I have actually posted the findings on TFF a few times now, but couldn’t be f**ked looking for it again . . .

 

[Wombat]

“Oak before ash only a splash....” oaks are very clearly leading the race here, though I guess I may yet find the ash trees have all quit running

So what’s the BS saying for no rain at all

 

[teslacoils]

February filldyke......when February is statistically the priest month. Sigh.

 

[onthehoof]

Last year after the wet winter it came dry but warm, this year after an even wetter winter its dry but bloody freezing

 

[le bon paysan]

Had 43 mls of rain on Saturday night. Its just getting sucked out the ground by a hard cold North East wind that's unrelenting.

 

[Gong Farmer]

extensive independent trials by our Department of Agriculture years ago showed that losses from urea due to volatilisation were not as high as thought.
I have actually posted the findings on TFF a few times now, but couldn’t be fudgeed looking for it again . . .

The data that drives all the campaigning against urea in the UK is that DEFRA project where 50% losses were recorded by volatilisation. All done under polythene of course to collect the escaping gases.
Heard a quote the other day from a US grower, asked about the risks of urea on their dusty soils. He said it was accepted there that urea doesn't start to volatilise until it's 22-23 deg C.

 

[Martin Holden]

been walking crops today and it’s seriously dry out there

Yup. Was down on the old Down Ampney Airfield today helping my old Motor club prepare for a rally on the old airfield. Winter crops don’t look to bad but the ground is rock hard.

 

[bobk]

Had 43 mls of rain on Saturday night. Its just getting sucked out the ground by a hard cold North East wind that's unrelenting.

It'll be too hot soon .

 

[Derrick Hughes]

So what’s the BS saying for no rain at all [emoji1787][emoji1787]

All the Ash is f in died around here