So much for extended grazing. The Spring deluge.

deere 6600

Member
Mixed Farmer
Sunny south Lanarkshire coldest may I can remember sheep eating grass a fast as it grows local dairy silage well behind it feels like mid winter surely warm up soon thankfully ground fairly dry
 

Martin Holden

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Trade
Location
Cheltenham
Exactly the same here. The optimum cutting date for perennial ryegrass never varies by more than a day or two either side of the 18th May. It doesn't depend on temperature or anything but on day length. So yes, the grass will be way past its best by the time the ground is fit for the harvesting machinery, especially with the weather forecast not showing any promising weather window for another 10 days. I've too farms in the contractor's queue in front of me, which is two to four days work, which suits me fine because it won't tempt me to go before the fields are fit, which I would be and under pressure from the contractor to shape up if I was first in the queue.
I was going to say “you’re not the only in the same boat” but that sounds like an insult doesn’t it! Many will not get to travel on grass fields for at least 2 weeks after it stops raining and we get warmer days. June could be a busy month for many. Same picture in many parts of Europe so I am told.
 

7610 super q

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Seemed to have missed out on some of the rain lately. Sprayed SB last Sunday when the rest of the county had heavy showers. It would be perfect weather if only it would warm up a bit. As long as it's dry in August, I don't really care.

Only really posted on this thread, so I can be called an arsehole.... :woot:
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
Exactly the same here. The optimum cutting date for perennial ryegrass never varies by more than a day or two either side of the 18th May. It doesn't depend on temperature or anything but on day length. So yes, the grass will be way past its best by the time the ground is fit for the harvesting machinery, especially with the weather forecast not showing any promising weather window for another 10 days. I've too farms in the contractor's queue in front of me, which is two to four days work, which suits me fine because it won't tempt me to go before the fields are fit, which I would be and under pressure from the contractor to shape up if I was first in the queue.
Have you thought of silaging the lot and keeping the cows in ,or even zero grazing . Be a lot less mess
 

Ffermer Bach

Member
Livestock Farmer
Yes, its not a bad day today but my grazing land is still totally saturated after yesterday. More heavy rain tomorrow I fear. And heavy showers or rain now forecast for the next ten days, changed from a dry week forecast up 'till yesterday for Monday on. Wet wet wet! :poop:
are you sure ? BBC forecast for here wet sun, mon then dry til 4th of June and the rain normally bypasses the coast and drops its self here!
 

flowerpot

Member
Wheat fields like paddy fields with standing water! Brought some cattle in off summer grazing as they were making too much mess, they are currently hiding under the hedge out of the rain. When the sun did come out today it was really hot, and the cracks in the ground have only just gone, so not too worried. Particularly since the weather forecast is for very hot dry weather in June.
 

Hilly

Member
We have a friend who had a very successful B and B / Self catering fit up done to a high standard if anyone complained he gave them their money back in full and told them to pi@@ off immediately
Can’t say I blame him , I get loads of really nice people but also get my share of total toss pots as well, dealing with public is a tale of to halves I find either absolute pleasure meet great interesting people or total opposite .. 😂
 

Bob the beef

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Scot Borders
No idea 🤷‍♀️ All I get is time wasters asking
For nhs discount , which I don’t do .
Ours are let through an agency, and while we occasionally grudge them the 20% commission, we don’t have to deal with any time wasters or f..kwitts, and we are as busy as we can cope with. The admin crap they go through on a daily basis justifies us paying them
 
Can’t say I blame him , I get loads of really nice people but also get my share of total toss pots as well, dealing with public is a tale of to halves I find either absolute pleasure meet great interesting people or total opposite .. 😂
He used to drive one of the tractors and silage trailers for us he stopped to talk to one of the guests who must have said something wrong to him he jumped over the fence paid them their money back and told them to bugger off funny to see it
 
Ours are let through an agency, and while we occasionally grudge them the 20% commission, we don’t have to deal with any time wasters or f..kwitts, and we are as busy as we can cope with. The admin crap they go through on a daily basis justifies us paying them
Do they come round and tell you what you have to do ?
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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