Spring drilling 2023

[JCfarmer]

How are people getting on now we are paying for a dry Jan/Feb?
Spring barley drilled 2 weeks ago, not through yet. Drilled this first as on heavy ground which we managed to muck in Feb but no ploughing and it went in well.
Some spring beans drilled 10 days ago and had another go this afternoon with the claydon and going reasonably well. Light kind land.

 

[average farmer]

Spring wheat and beans in 2-3 weeks ago, spring wheat drilled first is just poking through. Still got 130 acres of oats to drill.
been digging water off today .

 

[teslacoils]

Barley just poking out. Drilled 3rd march straight into stubbles. Clay. Pleased it had a good while to get going, and that I didn't put any chem on.

 

[teslacoils]

Locally, power harrowed and rolled clay looks like soggy pudding now.

 

[Spencer]

Not started, WET.

 

[Zippy768]

Can't remember the last time we had 24 hrs without rain.
The dry Feb seems along time ago.
Looking like another 10 days of rainyness.
Will be getting v behind by then.

 

[David.]

Tipped out gauge today, 59mm of rain for all March, including the snowy bits.
Not excessive, and dried like bejaysus yesterday, drizzly showers this afternoon though.
Stream came up and back down again couple of times, doubt it's made it into the groundwater tbh.

 

[Jsmith2211]

Finished up on the 5th of march. Havent had a chance to see if anything has come up yet. Was all ploughed in the autumn except for two fields that I did in the spring prior to drilling, one of which was done with a superflow and one of which was ploughed. Will be interesting to see if that has made any difference. I did manage to get a look at it at the begining of last week, wasnt able to walk in the field though as was so wet.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Barley seed came last week, will be well into April before it's sown this year, normally try and have it by the 2nd/3rd week in March but nowhere near dry enough yet, only 35ac to do and it's to be undersown with grass so no panic yet, still got K fert to go on everything and no N&S on yet either, sprayer will need to be going soon as well

 

[Jsmith2211]

Barley seed came last week, will be well into April before it's sown this year, normally try and have it by the 2nd/3rd week in March but nowhere near dry enough yet, only 35ac to do and it's to be undersown with grass so no panic yet, still got K fert to go on everything and no N&S on yet either, sprayer will need to be going soon as well

We usually aim to be done (or finishing up) by cheltenham. Wanted to go early rather than late this year as last year we were drilling spring oats towards the end of april on some heavier clay land (delayed due to drainage works) Crop was utterly rubbish, barely anything grew, was more weed than oat. Didnt want a repeat. Hope i dont regret it.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Still had frost and snow here last week so soil temperatures will still be low, if and when it dries/warms up it can be sown and up in a week-10days so not too worried yet

 

[ajd132]

Crops looking good drilled in feb

 

[Wigeon]

Just got linseed to go. Struggling to spray off volunteers at the moment, let alone toptilth it. No chance for a bit either, it looks like.

 

[Dan Attle]

finished barley on 3rd of march didnt roll and glad i didnt , got everything drilled sprayed and spread before it rained and bloody glad i did

 

[ajd132]

Little bit of blackgrass coming through in these oats so will nip through with an inter row hoe when it dries up.

 

[T Hectares]

Finished SB drilling on March 4th, just about to poke through later this week I would think, it has half the Urea and Polysulphate on.
Looking rubbish until the end of the month so will have to take every opportunity to get on when we can, there’s going to be a backlog of fert spreading building up this week

 

[cquick]

Anyone thinking about drilling peas yet?
Looking at the forecast, I might have a go this weekend.

 

[ajd132]

Finished SB drilling on March 4th, just about to poke through later this week I would think, it has half the Urea and Polysulphate on.
Looking rubbish until the end of the month so will have to take every opportunity to get on when we can, there’s going to be a backlog of fert spreading building up this week

rightly or wrongly we put half down the spout then the balance on just before the rain started on the spring crops. urea and sulphur in the form of amidas.
last year it was so dry I think the spring crops didn't even use the balance on the fertiliser so went earlier this time.

 

[T Hectares]

rightly or wrongly we put half down the spout then the balance on just before the rain started on the spring crops. urea and sulphur in the form of amidas.
last year it was so dry I think the spring crops didn't even use the balance on the fertiliser so went earlier this time.

The balance of the N on the SB is actually some carried over AN from last year so I’m relatively relaxed about that given how wet it is now and that it’s not up yet, putting all the Urea on before emergence would be a pretty good bet I would say, all the N last year was on before the last bit of rain at the end of March thankfully !!
Getting the balance of Urea on the WW and WB is more of a priority for me

 

[Pilatus]

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Little bit of blackgrass coming through in these oats so will nip through with an inter row hoe when it dries up.

Thanks for the pic,which drill was that planted with,looks even .