Is it going to rain again or is this 1976 mark 2??

[Farmer Roy]

We only have about 25 to 30cm of topsoil
Below that its impermeable subsoil or rock
There is no store of moisture at depth

well, tbh, we wouldnt crop that country. Horses for courses & all that sort of thing . . .
thats why some areas are mostly arable & others are mostly grazing. Soil types & climate play a LARCE part in determining land use.
You can only work with what you have

it would just be grazing country, unless you had a reliable rainfall & a soft climate

 

[Granite Farmer]

There is still plenty of moisture in the ground although thin bits are starting the burn off. The main problem IMO is stuff applied on top of the ground is still there. Anyway should have a day of rain/showers today.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

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[cows sh#t me to tears]

99% of what I have done for last 14 years. Just need to train my old man to not bare everything out to bake the f**k out of the soil with his stinking cattle...

 

[Bury the Trash]

There is still plenty of moisture in the ground although thin bits are starting the burn off. The main problem IMO is stuff applied on top of the ground is still there. Anyway should have a day of rain/showers today.

Better Rain on Monday is in the current forecast.

 

[balerman]

well, tbh, we wouldnt crop that country. Horses for courses & all that sort of thing . . .
thats why some areas are mostly arable & others are mostly grazing. Soil types & climate play a LARCE part in determining land use.
You can only work with what you have

it would just be grazing country, unless you had a reliable rainfall & a soft climate

Yes that hits the nail on it’s head,we used to have reliable rainfall and a soft climate.But it is definitely changing and we will need to change with it...

 

[Scholsey]

Has everybody had rain this time? Upto high teens mm of rain for March AND April now, it’s turned into a borderline monsoon season.........

 

[Wombat]

Has everybody had rain this time? Upto high teens mm of rain for March AND April now, it’s turned into a borderline monsoon season.........

Nope nothing here, 6.5 weeks since it last rained

 

[bobk]

Nope nothing here, 6.5 weeks since it last rained

Have you got a roof on your farm ?

 

[Wombat]

Have you got a roof on your farm ?

One that seems to be open all winter and bloody closed in spring

Had the concrete with a bit of dampness for 5min today but not enough to stop the dust blowing and that was it.

 

[Top Tip.]

A9 this morning!

 

[serf]

Looks ruff up north , like barbados down here in comparison

 

[An Gof]

As the title says!

Drove past your place last night, cows out grazing looking an absolute picture
What was first cut yield like?

 

[Al R]

Nope nothing here, 6.5 weeks since it last rained

Bar 1 day in the start of March were on 9 weeks now. Speaking to a friend earlier they had 5mm night before last and I can see them! @JLLM is circa 6 mile away - anything with you?

 

[jerseycowsman]

Drove past your place last night, cows out grazing looking an absolute picture
What was first cut yield like?

Now, you know we’ve moved?
And we haven’t done first cut yet, but the new tenants have and they have jerseys again.

 

[An Gof]

I don’t venture “down Cornwall” much the missus came from there Prefer my end of the County Was out your “new” way and when I enquired with people I was visiting whose ground had been done for silage they thought some was yours, obviously they were mistaken.

 

[jerseycowsman]

I don’t venture “down Cornwall” much the missus came from there Prefer my end of the County Was out your “new” way and when I enquired with people I was visiting whose ground had been done for silage they thought some was yours, obviously they were mistaken.

Ahh, that clears it up! That main road gives quite a good view of a lot of our fields, we can’t get away with much!

 

[JLLM]

Bar 1 day in the start of March were on 9 weeks now. Speaking to a friend earlier they had 5mm night before last and I can see them! @JLLM is circa 6 mile away - anything with you?

3mm here, its helped, rain Monday by the look. Did you see the JD & tanker "having a lie down" whilst on irrigation duties yesterday?

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

3 mm since mid March so 6 weeks dry now.
Bit like a dust bowl now. However the lack of growth is far more to do with low temperature than lack of rain.

 

[balerman]

Better Rain on Monday is in the current forecast.

Where has it gone,plenty of wind but no rain here yet.