ollie989898
Member
No but I can imagine the supply is tight. You are glad you kept back some of last years barley now arent you. Get it cleaned and dressed quick.
Spring Barley drill date
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No but I can imagine the supply is tight. You are glad you kept back some of last years barley now arent you. Get it cleaned and dressed quick.
Not growing any this year. More maize and potatoes .
- Location
- Cirencester
Contractor friend has been drilling today with a combi on some very light sandy brash, lets just say there is no dust present and stuff he drilled before the snow has just chitted. Mine is all still in the bags and will be for quite some time.
- Location
- Breckland
I drilled some yesterday with my minimat and rolled this morning. Even tempted to drill beet this afternoon but decided against it because of the forecast. Two thirds of my land is ready to go the rest is too wet as it is full of artesian springs. I can't even walk on parts of it.
Big-Al
Member
- Location
- Rugby Warwickshire
- Location
- Wiltshire
Possibly not the same with SB but I never order all my wheat before harvest when the merchants are saying it’s going to run out. I never know if I can get it all planted after maize so I often have November deliveries. Always varieties on my shortlist that arrive. Delivery is always quick too.
Won’t be planting barley for a week here. Ploughed a little today and it’s quite wet.
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yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
in 2013 started on the 5 april finished on 30 april
- Location
- East yorks
will defo be april now, too wet at the mo, lots to do next week (if it dries up long enough) and then a weeks hols upto easter. Most of the land hasn;t even been disced yet as way too wet
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Was hoping to get some in before Easter, but that is now looking like a dream. Hopefully first week of April will get some in!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Prime Lincolnshire heathland been in the ground just under 3wks
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
what variety gave you 3.6t/acre? not many get that up here
- Location
- East yorks
Mine will be a little while before it's drilled [emoji16], I almost thought about drilling this a few days after it was lifted in Feb, glad I didn't
Looks familiar
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
which varieties though? not heard of many doing 3.6 thats more like wheat yields up here
Could you have not ploughed behind before it got wet we lifted last field then in with plough just went through night till finished it pleased we did came up well and drying now
Flintstone
Member
- Location
- Berkshire
Looks like most people won’t be drilling until April at the earliest with this kind of regular moisture top-up being forecast. Especially with this weekend’s snow on its way.
Anyone with spare drilling output could make a few £ this Spring.
Looking in my diary this morning, I was nearly wrapped up with barley drilling this time last year.
Especially with this weekend’s snow on its way. Anyone with spare drilling output could make a few £ this Spring.
Looking in my diary this morning, I was nearly wrapped up with barley drilling this time last year.
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Anyone with spare drilling output could make a few £ this Spring.
They might be too busy catching up with spraying, spreading etc.