How far off is harvest?
- Thread starter Feldspar
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Simon Chiles
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- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
This was ours on Friday ( Mascani )averaged 7.5t/ha and bushel weight was 52. Just got one field of Oats left which is a seed crop.
- Location
- East yorks
Monsooned it down a couple of times according to dad today
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Weather continuing to be an arse.
Same here. Avoided nearly everything yesterday and showers so far today so mood was improving, however just had quite a shower!
John Slejpner
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- Location
- Brick clay near Bedford
Same here. Avoided nearly everything yesterday and showers so far today so mood was improving, however just had quite a shower!
Same here. Started at 10 am about 18.5%....16.5-17 by 2 pm...7mm in 20 minutes at 2:30 stopped play.
Jo28
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- Location
- East Yorks
Your lucky we've had rain, thursday, saturday, sunday, monday, wednesday and today!!
Longer ahead, looks like a massive low due a week today. Plough going to be hitched back on I think.
Avoided nearly everything yesterday and showers so far today so mood was improving, however just had quite a shower!
8mm yesterday morning stopped us here for the whole day.
Catching up today, rained off after 2 minutes, heavy showers on the hour ever since.
Luckily for us, it all seems to be moving swiftly eastwards.
John Slejpner
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- Location
- Brick clay near Bedford
about the same here...but yesterday was only 1-2 mm.
So far i have cut 240 ton wheat in 13 days (6 walkers / 290 hp)
http://www.cliftonweather.co.uk/wx/month.html
The driest growing season in memory has ended exactly as the first wheat has come ready.
So forgive me but not feeling too effin lucky at the moment!
On the plus side yields are better than they might have been so far.
Pressure building week after next according to @Simon Keeling
Hope so. 10 days of drizzle and rain is going to make a bit of a mess.
Again, I shall remind Mrs Static that we could have been in a variety of countries with much better weather than here.
Unfortunately, the Met Office currently agrees with him.
Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Acronym used advisedly: LOL.
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
How come your wheat has come ready so quickly? Or have I not been paying attention to mine closely enough?
Ripens in the rain. All mine fit now
Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
What I meant is that John's must have been ready 13 days ago which ours certainly wasn't. Most of it is now.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Wheat 20% at 11am, OSR 12%, bit of sun and wind this afternoon meant we could have had a go about 3 if it wasn't for the irritating shower at 1.15!!!