Spring crops really struggling

[MrNoo]

20 mm here . I cut Hay yesterday

Can you come and cut some down here please!!

 

[Jimbo]

 

[Northernlights]

20 mm here . I cut Hay yesterday

So did we but should be fine early next week if the forecast rise in temperature and high pressure dominated dry days come off.

 

[Bossfarmer]

20 mm here . I cut Hay yesterday

u reckon that will keep your crops going a few weeks? think its to be dry for the forseeable now

 

[Bossfarmer]

anyone noticed their spring barley that got big applications of dung is looking far stronger through the drought?

 

[Jimbo]

u reckon that will keep your crops going a few weeks? think its to be dry for the forseeable now

Hope so .

 

[Jimbo]

So did we but should be fine early next week if the forecast rise in temperature and high pressure dominated dry days come off.

Cut when dry then head off to show for a couple of days then get stuck in about Hay is the master plan .

 

[Happy]

It’s been a while since we’ve had puddles on the road thank you Highland Show!

22mm overnight

Got about the same.
First what you could call proper rainfall since spring crops were sown last week of April.
Will do the world of good for grain fill.

 

[DrWazzock]

Beet flagging quite badly now on the sandy high bits. Spring barley looks OK. Winter wheat going off in places.

No rain forecast.

Losing interest if I'm honest. We will get what we can but it won't be very exciting.

 

[Jon 3085]

Every thing will be cooked if this is right [emoji849].

 

[Turra farmer]

No

Little straw too

 

[Muddyboots]

We will be very lucky to get 1 t/a of spring barley here, only had 6mm since the end of April and nothing in the forecast but hot and dry. Completely lost interest, harvest will pretty much be a non event for us!

 

[Chae1]

Need a dislike button for some of posts on this thread.

 

[Bossfarmer]

For those who have now had some rain do you not think the sunny weather forecast may actually help produce reasonable yields as sun at grainfill is one of the most important elements? The plants should have a good root system now too?

 

[Flat 10]

We will be very lucky to get 1 t/a of spring barley here, only had 6mm since the end of April and nothing in the forecast but hot and dry. Completely lost interest, harvest will pretty much be a non event for us!

I remember you suffering last year along with us when we could get no rain whatsoever. This year is slightly better because beet had enough rain to germinate and still look quite good here and winter barley had enough rain to tiller and bulk out. Most spring barley is bad (some better and some worse than last year according to how early drilled), wheat on anything apart from the best land is in dire straits and linseed is terrible. Beans are better than last year because they are on better ground. Overall it is looking pretty terrible. Too much sold forward at what look like poor prices too.

 

[kc6475]

I think we all knew this would happen, all that water that went down the drains at the start of the year that spoilt potential to begin with, and now we are desperate for some to help with grain fill and good bushel to help make up for yield loss and we cant get a bloody drop! Was looking forward to this harvest with a new too us combine to drive, but will be glad when this season is done with and start again, we can try our best to grow good crops and there may be lots of fancy kit and technology these days but we cant beat the bloody weather!

 

[Muddyboots]

I remember you suffering last year along with us when we could get no rain whatsoever. This year is slightly better because beet had enough rain to germinate and still look quite good here and winter barley had enough rain to tiller and bulk out. Most spring barley is bad (some better and some worse than last year according to how early drilled), wheat on anything apart from the best land is in dire straits and linseed is terrible. Beans are better than last year because they are on better ground. Overall it is looking pretty terrible. Too much sold forward at what look like poor prices too.

Yes we suffered badly early on last year but then got some good rains between mid May and mid June which did pull things round. This year obviously was wet earlier but since then here we have missed everything and been baking out ever since. If the forecast is right then it will be as bad a harvest as i can remember in a long while.
Winter barley is ok on better land but light land wheat is dire and will struggle to produce 4t ha whilst only expecting around 2 for spr barley.

 

[Iben]

For those who have now had some rain do you not think the sunny weather forecast may actually help produce reasonable yields as sun at grainfill is one of the most important elements? The plants should have a good root system now too?

What good is rain and sun now when there are no leaves left to utilise it?

 

[MrNoo]

Forecast dry and to get hot here, you know that as soon as harvest comes, it'll rain rain rain and we'll end up having to dry the lot.

 

[bankrupt]

we'll end up having to dry the lot.

But hardly half as much to do as last year.