Sh1t summer

[exmoor dave]

Well just to buck the trend...... We've had the best summer for years!

We're overwhelmingly a dry farm (had 4 burnt to a crisp summers in a row since last "wet" summer), even this summer was looking very dodgy with it being so dry through March April &may, no Fert went on til June.
Since then we've had just enough rain to keep the grass moving, in fact I've not seen this much grass in august for years...... &it's green rather than burnt brown!

Other farm 15 miles inland.......is another story though

 

[Sussex Martin]

it was raining so hard this morning that the gutters on the barns were running over!

It is amazing though isn't it. We had a little rain overnight/ this morning but nothing to shout about, yesterday I had to wear my summer hat to ensure I didn't get sunstroke.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

55mm last week and another 5 overnight, been drizzling all day so far. 1174 total for the year.
The bracken isn't getting sprayed!

 

[Blue.]

Started wet late June here and has been wet ever since,grass in abundance but usual thing can't get at it!

 

[GTB]

We've pretty much abandoned the topping. We've done all the flat bits and it's too wet and dangerous to do the steep banks and tbh it's getting too late to be of any benefit now apart from looking tidier.

 

[GTB]

Took a couple of cows to Richard Mathews yesterday and he reckoned it would dry up this week as it's 40 days since St Swithins on Wednesday. If anyone else had said I wouldn't take any notice![emoji846]

I hope you arrived there on time or Mrs M will have put a black mark against your name !

 

[vantage]

Seeing the West Wales boys complaining about not getting their silage in makes me quite glad of the wind up here .... will be doing 5th cut in 10 days

You can go off some people! Waiting two weeks to go at third cut.

Bloody hell

And he farms in the dry South of the county!

 

[davidroberts30]

You can go off some people! Waiting two weeks to go at third cut.

And he farms in the dry South of the county!

wet west i'd call it

 

[vantage]

wet west i'd call it

Well South of the Preselis!

 

[RH15LEW]

After all the talk of a dry summer it's turned out very wet. Lambs aren't 'doing' even though there's plenty of grass. Farm up the raod haven't had their first cut yet and our second cut and wholecrop are well overdue but there's little hope of getting anything off our banks unless the ground has dried out. Starting to worry about winter forage now. I know it'll probably settle at some point but when exactly?

Speaking with local contractor 2 weeks ago, he has 600 acres yet to bale, a lot of that first cut, and were not in the flattest part of Wales either...

 

[ffukedfarmer]

It is amazing though isn't it. We had a little rain overnight/ this morning but nothing to shout about, yesterday I had to wear my summer hat to ensure I didn't get sunstroke.

8mm here overnight

 

[Cowgirl]

Dreadful summer here in S Ayrshire. Cold, wet, miserable, ankle deep in mud.

 

[michael N123]

It's no different to any other summer.. My spring barleys looking abit shite tho

 

[Happy]

After all the talk of a dry summer it's turned out very wet. Starting to worry about winter forage now. I know it'll probably settle at some point but when exactly?

I'll go for Thursday onwards.
That's the 40th days since St Swithins and yes it did rain and has every day since

 

[multi power]

Next Monday
Barometer is on a slow move to higher pressure.

And the barometer NEVER lies

 

[andybk]

They give a dry week here so I am going to take a chance at the last six acres of hay

snap i knocked down last 4 ac this afternoon for hay , forecasts looking brighter than last few days , got to take a chance sometime , or its going to get dewy soon for half the day , either that or will end up belly fill in rounds

 

[cheggars]

And you're only 40/50 miles from here at most

Even closer to us( 30 miles) and we haven't been able to get a tractor onto most of out silage fields to put fertilizer on, even with Twins on.
3 inches Rain this last week

 

[jendan]

snap i knocked down last 4 ac this afternoon for hay , forecasts looking brighter than last few days , got to take a chance sometime , or its going to get dewy soon for half the day , either that or will end up belly fill in rounds

It will be belly fill already at this time of the year?

 

[andybk]

It will be belly fill already at this time of the year?

yes i know , the swath either looked like it hadnt been mowed or rolled over like a carpet , son said it made the 135 grunt a bit turning the first time trying to break swath up , will be ok if weather holds , more worried about the wet ground underneath slowing it all down , Dont really want to go to plan b (rounds) as worried about mud and listeria with sheep .

 

[Still Farming]

What can you do with water standing and waiting for more all the time !