Looking grim .......

[teslacoils]

Was lovely on Friday and Saturday. Abysmal today. Sigh.

 

[Happy]

I thought I read somewhere that El Niño ends in April. I hope so or I’m getting a different job. Arable farming is becoming a pointless exercise here.

It will. Annual TFF drought thread will re-appear by early May
Driest year recently was 2018. Remember sowing round wet bits when it dried up in late April followed by best 16-17 month spell of weather I can remember.

 

[Martyn]

Every chance a ton of straw will cost more than a ton of wheat

Us and all my neighbours down here are planning on drilling as much spring barley as soon the weather changes, can see straw being major shortages with sfi & weather issues

 

[Derrick Hughes]

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[DrWazzock]

What are El Niño and La Niña, and how do they change the weather?

Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by a climate phenomenon known as El Niño/La Niña.

www.bbc.co.uk

So looks like it could be over by April. That makes this cropping year a write off but hopefully things will improve for harvest and beyond. I think people seriously underestimate the impact this year will have on our industry. It will undoubtedly drive us towards greater uptake of SFI than anybody anticipated and reduce production to record lows. Government seems to be in denial or ignorance.

 

[melted welly]

Soil at 5.7 degrees here, had 4 days without rain ending last weekend. Drizzle seems to have been constant. Fields that we have ploughed look in really good nick, anything left is too skittery on top to do anything with yet. Not gonna be sowing anything any time soon.

Winter crops apart from osr doing nothing, pigeons flocking, picking away constantly.

Still repairing drains.

 

[DrWazzock]

It will. Annual TFF drought thread will re-appear by early May
Driest year recently was 2018. Remember sowing round wet bits when it dried up in late April followed by best 16-17 month spell of weather I can remember.

2018 was the easiest harvest I can remember. You could go any day of the week of your choosing and it was all dry. Bliss and so easy.

 

[Woody j]

Every chance a ton of straw will cost more than a ton of wheat

It’s already more here in n.ireland

 

[steveR]

Intentionally? Or in a @spin cycle kind of a fashion?

Oh, intentional. These are trips and twins with a fortnight to go and absolute ladies.......

Easycare, innit...!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

When you over the border bale all those half dead herbs cut it with a flail mower so it will bed better

 

[bobk]

If I were still in cattle I'd be buying all the shite hay on the market , plenty of it

 

[bobk]

Actually it will make 10 days difference .

And who says it's taking up in 10 days ..............

 

[Northeastfarmer]

And who says it's taking up in 10 days ..............

Talking to yourself won’t help

 

[bobk]

Talking to yourself won’t help

Yes it will .

 

[Clive]

Every chance a ton of straw will cost more than a ton of wheat

can you hire big balers ?

 

[Kevtherev]

Bit of winter left yet.

 

[steveR]

Bit of winter left yet.

Shhhhhhhhhh.

 

[bobk]

can you hire big balers ?

Buy one for naff all , esp 4x4

 

[Wombat]

It’s been shite since September ….another 10 days of shiteness wont make any difference

Shite since march. Apart from two reasonable weeks end of May and 10days in June it’s been crap for a year. July was our wettest ever, march was up there and so was Oct

 

[bobk]

Bit of winter left yet.

Yes , we haven't the snow yet , ha ha