Maize looking poor.

[hendrebc]

Saw few fields near Ruthin today maize looked ok,

How tall should maize be now?

 

[holywell farmer]

How tall should maize be now?

Above hedge height

 

[holywell farmer]

How tall should maize be now?

Isn't there some grown near corwen

 

[holywell farmer]

Very poor in general around here, very poor in Europe so I hear too.

Even the ad stuff ?

 

[hendrebc]

Isn't there some grown near corwen

No not anymore the 2 farms that used to grow it have stopped. It was too expensive and only marginally successful i think we are just about too high up for maize

 

[holywell farmer]

No not anymore the 2 farms that used to grow it have stopped. It was too expensive and only marginally successful i think we are just about too high up for maize

Still popular crop for farmers Ruthin, Denbigh, Holywell area plus mold, you can't grow Maize in the mountains

 

[DRC]

Does your price go up in a year like this , or is it agreed at the beginning.?

Agreed at the beginning.
Just walked the dogs , so walked out in some of it. Better than I thought , but dependant on soil type. Where there’s sandy patches it’s pretty much curled up.

 

[bobk]

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Agreed at the beginning.
Just walked the dogs , so walked out in some of it. Better than I thought , but dependant on soil type. Where there’s sandy patches it’s pretty much curled up.

Moisture retentive pig sh!t .

 

[DRC]

Moisture retentive pig sh!t .

Might be an early harvest

 

[kill]

It's all looking rather odd down here as a lot looks like little pine trees but I guess that's just the leaves trying hard to not lose too much moisture by curling up rather than getting further dehydrated?

 

[jackrussell101]

We're Staffordshire and the crops are absolutley belting around here, nearly 7ft high now

 

[Kingofgrass]

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Agreed at the beginning.
Just walked the dogs , so walked out in some of it. Better than I thought , but dependant on soil type. Where there’s sandy patches it’s pretty much curled up.

Similar to mine that is 6/7ft tall all tasseled some plants one cob some two,ours looks the best compared to others,there’s a lot of 2/3ft crops.ours was first to go in round here.iv brought 36acre of wc because the maize ain’t going to yield like a normal year.hoping for a short winter

 

[vantage]

Pembs is normally marginal for maize,but the crops across the county look outstanding at the moment,pity the rain forecast for the week ahead has disappeared,again.

 

[Ali_Maxxum]

Maize looking well around here. Think a lot of people will be glad of it if later grass crops are poor!

 

[Kingofgrass]

Mine was looking great two weeks ago then it’s tasseled it’s all on what the cobs are like now,all this 3ft tall stuff will tassel soon.there won’t be the bulk that everyone’s needs,going to a meeting on double cropping on Monday night.maize will be off early this year so will be able to get something else in

 

[Serup]

Around here we didn’t really have any rain for almost 2 month now. The calculated level is -240mm right now. The worst since 1976.
And it’s hot, so those who can irrigate have very nice crops if they have enough capacity.
I have about 550 acres with this and 200 with grass, that haven’t really been green for over a month now. Not really sure what we will feed the cows this winter if we don’t get rain soon.

 

[holywell farmer]

No not anymore the 2 farms that used to grow it have stopped. It was too expensive and only marginally successful i think we are just about too high up for maize

Ever hauled maize

 

[hendrebc]

Ever hauled maize

No

 

[czechmate]

Above hedge height

I have experience of hedges between less than a foot high to over 30 feet

 

[holywell farmer]

I have experience of hedges between less than a foot high to over 30 feet

Good,