Spring crops really struggling

[Bossfarmer]

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

what do you mean no leaves left?

 

[Wombat]

We have some very good areas of Spring Barley but also some poor stuff, seems a lot similar as you drive around.

 

[limestone brash]

Aren’t you all being too pessimistic
Uk harvests are usually pretty consistent year to year

 

[Stevethemeat]

We have a fantastic looking spring barley crop and well below budget the roots have gone down and are deep into the moisture so should yield well although straw does look short

 

[Hindsight]

Aren’t you all being too pessimistic
Uk harvests are usually pretty consistent year to year

One hopes the trade follow these threads!!

 

[nick...]

They are looking at farmers selling foreward then not having enough to fill contracts and sending them big bills
Nick...

 

[Flat 10]

Aren’t you all being too pessimistic
Uk harvests are usually pretty consistent year to year

No. They might be consistent on limestone brash but not here on our poorer land.

 

[Fuzzy]

Aren’t you all being too pessimistic
Uk harvests are usually pretty consistent year to year

I think most are being realistic, crops are now suffering, we have had NO rain for about 6 weeks and the forecast is showing 2 weeks of no rain and high temperatures. All my crops look good (apart from a bit too much blackgrass) and established well, but i do think yield will be hit hard in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

No. They might be consistent on limestone brash but not here on our poorer land.

How are those unirrigated spuds doing?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Our wheat looks good from the road, but while doing the T3 spray they don’t look as good driving over them. Grains have started to fill.

WB will be a bit earlier harvest, but grains are nice.

 

[franklin]

This time last year was well into the thirties I seem to think.

 

[radar]

This time last year was well into the thirties I seem to think.

So they said this morning on TV weather - 35c on 21st June 2017.

 

[Flat 10]

This time last year was well into the thirties I seem to think.

I wasn’t happy then either

 

[franklin]

Spring oat panicles out today. Planted 4tg may.

 

[Bossfarmer]

I think most are being realistic, crops are now suffering, we have had NO rain for about 6 weeks and the forecast is showing 2 weeks of no rain and high temperatures. All my crops look good (apart from a bit too much blackgrass) and established well, but i do think yield will be hit hard in the next couple of weeks.

how have your crops survived so well until now with no rain?

 

[Fuzzy]

how have your crops survived so well until now with no rain?

Spring Barley,Beans Oats and Peas all direct drilled (HorschCO/metcalfe) into plenty of moisture (heavy clay soil) and then a few showers of rain early on to help with fertiliser uptake. But since then nothing, i do think overnight dew has helped. I think DD with little soil movement was the right choice for this spring, a couple of small fields ploughed and p/h are not so good. As we are now in the critical grain fill stage for winter wheat it is not helpful to see so many cracks in the ground. Winter Barley i think will be least affected from a yield point of view at this stage, a big canopy is helping to keep the sun away from baking the soil. Harvest needs to be dry though !!
How are your crops North of the border ?

 

[Bossfarmer]

Spring Barley,Beans Oats and Peas all direct drilled (HorschCO/metcalfe) into plenty of moisture (heavy clay soil) and then a few showers of rain early on to help with fertiliser uptake. But since then nothing, i do think overnight dew has helped. I think DD with little soil movement was the right choice for this spring, a couple of small fields ploughed and p/h are not so good. As we are now in the critical grain fill stage for winter wheat it is not helpful to see so many cracks in the ground. Winter Barley i think will be least affected from a yield point of view at this stage, a big canopy is helping to keep the sun away from baking the soil. Harvest needs to be dry though !!
How are your crops North of the border ?

struggling up until last weekend barley was looking stressed/short with the heads out earlier than normal, crops appear to be bulking up this week though after the rain, some fields still thin though

 

[Fish]

Linseed enjoying the sun

 

[yellow belly]

Spring Barley,Beans Oats and Peas all direct drilled (HorschCO/metcalfe) into plenty of moisture (heavy clay soil) and then a few showers of rain early on to help with fertiliser uptake. But since then nothing, i do think overnight dew has helped. I think DD with little soil movement was the right choice for this spring, a couple of small fields ploughed and p/h are not so good. As we are now in the critical grain fill stage for winter wheat it is not helpful to see so many cracks in the ground. Winter Barley i think will be least affected from a yield point of view at this stage, a big canopy is helping to keep the sun away from baking the soil. Harvest needs to be dry though !!
How are your crops North of the border ?

In Australian were long dry spells are common big canopy gives lower yields when it is drought conditions as plant transpiration is related to canary size
If we get rain in July spring crops will be ok
Beans on heavy land flowering well and the bee farmer informs me next or flow is heavy so they are not suffering as they did last year when it was hotter

 

[glasshouse]

Linseed enjoying the sunView attachment 684702 View attachment 684700

nice
linseed too