Spring barley

[fudge]

Some of our barley looked pretty uneven a fortnight ago but the later tillers are progressing pretty rapidly. I don’t think we will need glyphosate but harvest will be the last week of August IME.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Cut 70 acres last week, the rest will be done inbetween wheats. This block wasnt sprayed off but looking at other bits theres alot of green due to uneven emergence, some sat in dust for weeks till it rained. Get it as soon as you can as waiting for it all to be ripe will mean a fair % will be on the floor already.

 

[bobk]

My old man reckons rain ripens barley quicker than sun , he's nuts ...

 

[DanniAgro]

The last time I grew SB the grain was ripe, but the straw certainly wasn't, and I knew that my straw merchant would give me a piece of his mind if I baled green mould prone straw, so I had to let it lie there for a week through a couple of showers before baling. So this year the sprayer and roundup will be used on every acre to make sure I can bale it as quick as possible.

 

[yellow belly]

When malting premiums were good and we had 20% greens waiting till it was ready ensured it all made spec
combine from 15 august to 15 September
if I could get it drilled earlier then early August would be possible
the mid April planted is even here rained the week it was planted and has had regular rain since

 

[ajd132]

When malting premiums were good and we had 20% greens waiting till it was ready ensured it all made spec
combine from 15 august to 15 September
if I could get it drilled earlier then early August would be possible
the mid April planted is even here rained the week it was planted and has had regular rain since

Didn’t half the other ears fall off on that time? Propino certainly seems to self combust pretty quickly.

 

[Bury the Trash]

My old man reckons rain ripens barley quicker than sun , he's nuts ...

no,hes right...must be becos my Dad used to say that as well.....

 

[Chae1]

no,hes right...must be becos my Dad used to say that as well.....

I concur.

 

[jendan]

Didn’t half the other ears fall off on that time? Propino certainly seems to self combust pretty quickly.

There was a variety called Mazurka in the 70s. The worst ever for losing heads on the floor,but a high yielder if you were quick enough.

 

[Chae1]

This one will be fun to combine.

 

[Farmer Fin]

This one will be fun to combine.

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Sassy? Some of your early down stuff must almost be ready?

 

[Chae1]

Sassy? Some of your early down stuff must almost be ready?

No that ones diablo. Yeah have 250 acre sprayed off now, hopefully get started beginning of next week.

 

[Bury the Trash]

This one will be fun to combine.

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don't look too bad
yield will there if you can get it .

 

[teslacoils]

Will be spraying some off this week.

 

[Donkey Oaty]

This one will be fun to combine.

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We are getting too much rain now. And more tomorrow.

 

[DRC]

When would you spray this lot off ?

 

[Chae1]

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3 weeks before you want to combine it.

 

[Sandy]

No that ones diablo. Yeah have 250 acre sprayed off now, hopefully get started beginning of next week.

Have you got much second growth come up?

 

[Happy]

Seen some barley today that must have had a fair dose of fungicide. Will maybe be ready at end of September.

Could it be stuff that just lay in the drought then germinated late?
Got one field on heavy land like that. Will be 2-3 weeks later to harvest than the rest sown at same time.
Amazed it came to a crop at all given what it looked like.
15th May


Today

In danger of going down in places if tomorrow’s forecast is right. Just at its heaviest just now whereas rest of the crops beyond the danger stage.....I hope

 

[7610 super q]

Did mine on Saturday. With hindsight probably a week too late.
How long before the green heads are fit ?