Spring crops really struggling

[Heathland]

Planet SBarley looking OK here,the very early drilled barley on the lightest ground is a bit thin which I think is due to the cr*p April washing the N out.
Had an inch of rain at weekend which is suiting the heath and the next village had 2 inchs dump on them.

Its in mid flowering now.

 

[Flat 10]

Planet SBarley looking OK here,the very early drilled barley on the lightest ground is a bit thin which I think is due to the cr*p April washing the N out.
Had an inch of rain at weekend which is suiting the heath and the next village had 2 inchs dump on them.View attachment 679386
Its in mid flowering now.View attachment 679368 View attachment 679374 View attachment 679380

Good lord it’s like being in a helicopter one of them JD sprayers!
Nice crop as ever.

 

[Auckland Blue]

Yes got to be done. hit em hard and they will push off somewhere else for a few days.

 

[Bossfarmer]

Same with me.
Just in from doing T1 in spring barleys. Even this early on i’m certain it will be back at least 0.5t/acre on average for past 5 years.
Nothing sown until 20th April on but all into good seedbeds. Plenty plants but just hasn't tillered like normal. Only decent fields are those that got dung this year or last.
I’d imagine those with grain & Fert drills will be seeing a big benefit from them this year.

surely a bit rain in the next couple weeks will sort it out? you dont put fert down the spout?????

 

[scholland]

Planet sb changing here now, could still do with more rain but dew most nights is keeping it going.
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[franklin]

Been to Lightwater Valley today. Some properly crap crops of spring cereals on the way.

 

[Wombat]

Been to Lightwater Valley today. Some properly crap crops of spring cereals on the way.

Good job you didn't go yesterday it would have been a fresh and dank day out.

I think there has been very little rain since the Spring deluge

 

[franklin]

Was a nice day. Got on lots of rides.

 

[bobk]

Spring barley looking ill , so I'm giving it a dose of fym tomorrow .

 

[Happy]

surely a bit rain in the next couple weeks will sort it out? you dont put fert down the spout?????

Don't think much in forecast and damage done already. Just not tillered in the way it normally would if sown 2-3 weeks earlier and/or had some rain since.
Always had good yields without the need for fert down the spout but reckon it would have made quite a difference this spring.

Hopefully price will make up for lower yield.

 

[average farmer]

Been to Lightwater Valley today. Some properly crap crops of spring cereals on the way.

You must have drove past our place.

 

[franklin]

A15, M180, M18, M62, A1.

 

[Bossfarmer]

Don't think much in forecast and damage done already. Just not tillered in the way it normally would if sown 2-3 weeks earlier and/or had some rain since.
Always had good yields without the need for fert down the spout but reckon it would have made quite a difference this spring.

Hopefully price will make up for lower yield.

some guys i know did the same yo can spot their barley a mile away, dry may/june could be becoming a trend

 

[Bossfarmer]

lets see some pics of these struggling crops so we can judge if they are actually struggling

 

[Iben]

Barley drilled with 'fert down the spout', 8-9" high.

Satisfy you?

 

[Chae1]

Need a unlike button for that.

 

[Chae1]

Some of our early drilled laureate. [emoji1]

 

[Chae1]

Silage field in back ground cut 2 weeks ago.

 

[Bossfarmer]

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Barley drilled with 'fert down the spout', 8-9" high.

Satisfy you?

could recover yet, are you tempted to irrigate it?

 

[Fish]

For those who expressed an interest, here is a quick update on our no till peas.
Top shot, looking down the headland.
This is interesting, as this headland is always the headland, and has been therefore subjected to all the trafficking, combines, balers, muckspreaders and grain trailers and yet, is just as good as the rest of the field.

Second shot is looking down the field.

Inputs to date, seed, herbicide (pre em) and 125kg/ha mop.

The last time this field had any form of cultivation, other than a straw rake, was Autumn 14.