Spring barley looking poor...
- Thread starter Selectamatic
- Start date
The residual soil moisture will have held better but the litter will act like a roof to prevent lighter showers from penetrating the soil, like if it was open and loose all around .
swings and roundabouts I guess, depends on how much rain it is if it comes.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Chuffed to death with mine, most of it has emerged now.? 3 good thunderstorms in the last couple of days, so likely it will catch up with all the rest of you that have jumped the gun, as usual.?
..reminds me again . of the local farmer that bought a Ferrari of the proceeds of his crop when others had none or extremely poor .......it thunder rained on his swedes in '76
Jo28
Member
- Location
- East Yorks
that looks like all of ours, we wrote ours off last week. no chance of rain, taken it as another loss in a dreadful year
Very impressive but very expensive way to grow spring barley. That cost per tonne is very very high considering the yield achieved.
How a milling wheat grower hit 12.2t/ha at 13.1% protein - Farmers Weekly
An in-depth technical knowledge and a familiarity with fertiliser and pesticide products gained from Alex Wilcox's parallel career as an agronomist helpedwww.fwi.co.uk
How to grow a 10t/ha-plus malting spring barley crop - Farmers Weekly
Norfolk grower Alex Wilcox grew a bumper 10t/ha-plus malting spring barley crop in 2019, using low seed rates and early drilling to achieve monster grain
Missed the rain, west wales got over the weekend. I'm not far south of @neilo and @silverfox , but never got any thunder rain either.
Barley's mostly come, with a fantastic crop of weeds making the field look greener than it actually is.
Barley's mostly come, with a fantastic crop of weeds making the field look greener than it actually is.
Fiveospades
Member
- Location
- Norfolk Broads
Had to put spring barley in to what is usually continuous wheat ground on marshes, it is struggling through lack of moisture and last weeks rain has helped to get a bit more to germinate but crows are extremely persistent in pulling up young shoots. Gas gun is not very effective . Rest of barley on 'normal' land is looking good, will get manganese when this wind drops.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
On the whole we are fairly pleased , spring barley has improved a lot after the wet weekend a couple of weeks ago and linseed is moving on nicely, didn't even need a insecticide which is good.
The one disappointing field is my direct drilled field of spring barley,,,,,,,,,, awful. !!!!!!!
The one disappointing field is my direct drilled field of spring barley,,,,,,,,,, awful. !!!!!!!
How can you make that last statement, go stand in the corner!!!
shakerator
Member
- Location
- LINCS
what do you put this down to ?
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
3mm is not a disaster did u not get that heavy rain last weekend?
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
I added those more to illustrate the Manzi than anything else.
Most results like that are bought yield and I question how profitable they really are. Hence my scepticism on large doses of Manzi and other products used by YEN growers.
Agree. I’ve seen videos of his that guys soils and they look amazing. It’s probably more down to the weather than those products.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
When the drill and rolls left the field I was very happy with the job done but in the following week the wind was non stop and I think it pulled the moisture up through the the slot although it was well closed ,
The chap who drilled it and a good friend who has been a DDer for a fair few years both put spades in and both thought it was in good condition to take a direct drill., the clay part of the field is better than the rest , the red marl ran out of moisture and withered away,
Live and learn I suppose , I regard myself as someone who is a useful arable farmer but obviously hasn't got what it takes to make dding work ?
That David Braine forecast 30mm for here and didn't get any.didn't get any....
Any other day his 30 would have turned out 60.
In all fairness to him, there was 30mm in West Cornwall, apparently, so less than 100km out.
Last edited:
Jimbo
Member
- Location
- The kingdom
We got 7 mm over a week ago and the 3 mm at weekend disappeared quick in the wind
SilliamWhale
Member
I'm in West Wales...........and didn't get any....
I reckon we can cling on for another 2 weeks if we have to. After that it will start getting depressing