Meanwhile in Wales...

[Farmer Roy]

I'll swap some of our blue sky for bit of rain if you'd like

 

[Farmer Roy]

seriously though, I do understand how bad excess wet weather is

people always assume Australia is always dry, in drought & farmers always want rain

I am on a flat alluvial floodplain here. I can honestly say that floods / excess water / rain at harvest etc have cost me far more money than dry weather

there was a time when I used to get anxiety attacks when it rained . . .

I have never had a complete crop loss due to dry weather ( but our systems are all geared to dry weather, conserving moisture, low inputs etc. If it is THAT dry, then at least our inputs are lower or even zero ), but I have had complete crop losses due to excess rain . . .
the worst was once we had the equivalent of our ANNUAL rainfall in November ( a few weeks before harvest ). Another time, I had 7 individual flood peaks one winter, ground didn't dry out till September ( spring ) . . .


hope things dry out for you soon

 

[TripleSix]

Gonna be blooming wet when this lot melts over the next few days.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

And there was me thinking we’d had a lot of rain yesterday (6mm)

 

[GTB]

And there was me thinking we’d had a lot of rain yesterday (6mm)

Tbh it didn't rain that much here. It did rain for 18 hrs but that's nothing unusual. It was more that the ground was saturated from months of wet weather and couldn't take any more. Couple of very close calls with flooding down in the village. One young family in a bungalow had water within an inch and a half of their doorstep.
I went to help a neighbour who had water coming into his yard. Luckily it stopped coming before we had to take drastic action. We were considering knocking down a hedge and stone wall to allow the water to escape. As it happened though parking two telehandlers side by side diverted most of the water through a gateway and away from his yard and the nearby bungalow.

 

[GTB]

It was actually starting to go down when these pics were taken.

 

[DRC]

It was actually starting to go down when these pics were taken.

Good thinking with the tele handlers.
I really hope it dries up for you soon.

 

[Yale]

It was actually starting to go down when these pics were taken.

That last picture is a good reason why farmers deserve support to remain viable within communities.

Farmers at times are the fourth emergency service because you are never really far from one in the countryside.

 

[ollie989898]

Starting to see limited flooding of the levels near us now. Fields becoming lakes.

 

[GTB]

Starting to see limited flooding of the levels near us now. Fields becoming lakes.

More rain coming tomorrow and Wednesday I'm afraid.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

More rain coming tomorrow and Wednesday I'm afraid.

Where the hells it all coming from

 

[Wombat]

Where the hells it all coming from

No idea but it's been coming since late Oct and it shows no sign of stopping

 

[GTB]

No idea but it's been coming since late Oct and it shows no sign of stopping

Late October? Late July here, royal Welsh week.

 

[multi power]

Where the hells it all coming from

It's coming from New Zealand, @Kiwi Pete was supposed to be sending sunshine but the cheapskate shipping company he organised fudged up and sent rain instead

 

[Still Farming]

Totally different dry calm day here now ?
Next deep Atlantic trough waiting ?

 

[onthehoof]

Starting to see limited flooding of the levels near us now. Fields becoming lakes.

Aren’t the levels supposed to flood though?

 

[Henarar]

Starting to see limited flooding of the levels near us now. Fields becoming lakes.

that's my fault, ran out of buckets to "keep it in the hills"

 

[yellow belly]

The livestock farmers round here often house for 6 months wet poached grass does not produce if we get a dry summer

 

[ollie989898]

that's my fault, ran out of buckets to "keep it in the hills"

All that maize you grow!!

 

[Henarar]

All that maize you grow!!

don't grow any, never have