Potato Harvest 2018

Sonoftheheir

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
How is everyone getting on with ware harvest into store?

Have you started?

How will you deal with secondary growth samples?

Is irrigation needed yet to stop damage?

Won’t start here till Thursday, on Agria.
 

chipchap

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South Shropshire
50% done. Have done poorest crops first, as anything with any growth potential has been left to grow on.
have put everything over a 40mm screen instead of a 50mm, to make the yields seem better.
 

Sonoftheheir

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
. Have done poorest crops first.

We’re the opposite, started on the best first. Down hill from now on!

Only started harvesting properly today, neighbours all started this wk too.

Sprayed the last two fields off today (piper)

Agria look a picture this year, like a different variety to last years sample.

How have you dealt with any secondary growth samples?
 

Sonoftheheir

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
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Pingu

Member
Started a month ago today on main crop and been mixed bag really struggled with skin set now stopped for 4-5days as caught up but about 75% through need another 10-14days. Secondary growth been slight problem have been grading out some as not near skin set.

We have had to stop a lot growing on as size was easily there for bakers and would have started getting oversize. So dry tho driver having to clear windows for dust regularly
 

Honest john

Member
Location
Fenland
Sonoftheheir is having a good year. So far.

I am currently harvesting Agria.
Seed won’t let go of stems so constent blocking of multi sep.

Full of 2nd growth & growth cracks, watered in front of harvester not much fun.
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
whats the overall consensus this year? good year? price and irrigated crops making up for unirrigated?

Very much depends on the individual farmer. Yields very variable. Quality very variable. Contracted percentage very variable. Some winners and some losers. Seed producers will I presume price seed as though everyone south of Hadrians Wall has won the lottery!! Are you growing potatoes as I thought you were going to have a go growing the crop after the last high price year, vaguely recall one of your threads asking about growing costs / methods? I maybe wrong though - often am.
 
Very much depends on the individual farmer. Yields very variable. Quality very variable. Contracted percentage very variable. Some winners and some losers. Seed producers will I presume price seed as though everyone south of Hadrians Wall has won the lottery!! Are you growing potatoes as I thought you were going to have a go growing the crop after the last high price year, vaguely recall one of your threads asking about growing costs / methods? I maybe wrong though - often am.
no i went off the idea tbh, mabye i shouldve done it now
 

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