How far off is harvest?

[franklin]

Who has put glyphosate on winter barley or OSR? I'm thinking some of our barley and OSR is ready in the next few days.

Not yet. Got the stuff though.

 

[Feldspar]

In general, which is quickest to come to harvest after glyphosate, OSR or winter barley?

 

[shakerator]

In general, which is quickest to come to harvest after glyphosate, OSR or winter barley?

WB

 

[Feldspar]

WB

By how much roughly?

 

[shakerator]

well assuming all other things equal id say 5-7 days. you know how much quicker glypho cycles through grasses than blw

 

[Feldspar]

well assuming all other things equal id say 5-7 days. you know how much quicker glypho cycles through grasses than blw

And what do you generally assume for OSR from desiccation until harvest (assuming current weather continues)? I always forget these facts from one year to the next!

 

[franklin]

Barley wants a good two weeks post roundup. OSR a good three weeks. Both will be better with another week on top.

 

[bankrupt]

I always forget these facts from one year to the next!

This time it'll be different.

 

[bankrupt]

For anybody, anywhere, caught up by this awful drought, it's not just the timing, but the possibility that it might not work at all.

Funnily enough, the last time this happened to us, in 1976, was the very first year it came out.

It was then a bit north of £100/litre (in today's money).

 

[MrNoo]

It was then a bit north of £100/litre (in today's money).

Yes but it worked a darn sight better than todays formulation minus the tallow, progress eh…….!!

 

[Wombat]

So when's the betting on the first wheat, recon some will go round here late July if it carries on hot and dry

 

[bankrupt]

So when's the betting on the first wheat, recon some will go round here late July if it carries on hot and dry

We'll be finished by late July.

 

[bankrupt]

Cutting barley in east Sussex now .Not crimp either

We're deliberately not starting until tomorrow, so as not to create yet another unwanted record for my disaster scrapbook.

Unfortunately, linear droughts like this one tend very sharply to reduce the harvest interval between the succeeding crops.

So this July's going to be rather busy.

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

We cut some barley yesterday , averaged around 5t/ac . [emoji6]

 

[jon9000]

We cut some barley yesterday , averaged around 5t/ac . [emoji6]

Is that 5t / ha or an acre

 

[Little squeak]

I think you have the decimal place slightly out there I remember paying £55 per 5 litre then

It was then a bit north of £100/litre (in today's money).

 

[Iben]

We cut some barley yesterday , averaged around 5t/ac . [emoji6]

Disappointing. The drought has clearly hit you hard as well!

Maybe next year then.

 

[bankrupt]

I think you have the decimal place slightly out there I remember paying £55 per 5 litre then

Even that's £88/litre in today's money.

But, fair enough, you got better terms than us.

I should've known better than to do the deal at the Royal Show.

 

[Brisel]

Barley wants a good two weeks post roundup. OSR a good three weeks. Both will be better with another week on top.

Yes, but when do you start cutting it? Glyphosate has a 14 day harvest interval in osr & W barley has a 7 day interval. In reality barley doesn't turn until at least day 10 and osr doesn't start drying properly until 18+ days.

If they are under stress at the time of spraying then you can add another 5 days to that. By spraying at 5am instead of 10am you can knock a day or two off.

 

[Jon 3085]

not only drought and black grass ,looks like we have frost damage as well [emoji51].