Starting to get worried about the wet weather ?

[quattro]

I think we have all been mentally damaged by the autumn of 2019 - I admit to getting nervous whenever it rains in September/ October now, you can’t help think what if it doesn’t stop again

why do we put ourselves through this really ? !

Because farmers are ruled by the heart and not the brain, me included!!!!

 

[ajd132]

Absolutely hammering down here

 

[Spencer]

Saturday looks nice......

 

[JP1]

Rain what rain east Suffolk dry as a bone roundabouts in Ipswich all the grass is brown, fields brown no weeks germinated yet

Should have it now

 

[farmerm]

I think we have all been mentally damaged by the autumn of 2019 - I admit to getting nervous whenever it rains in September/ October now, you can’t help think what if it doesn’t stop again

why do we put ourselves through this really ? !

I think their is a new industry related illness AAD - Autumn anxiety disorder.....

 

[Salopian_Will]

Only drilled 10 acres of wheat as the only ground cleared until yesterdays maize harvest, was second wheat land.
Had a breakdown yesterday , so made a start this morning, but got rained off .
Not panicking yet as our one pass system behind the plough, will usually go.View attachment 988670View attachment 988671

Back to a proper tractor?!

 

[DRC]

Back to a proper tractor?!

Always had a big blue one . Still got the light green , but as a one man band I tend to get someone to plough in front at this time of year.

 

[Barleymow]

Should have it now

Less than 10 mm this week

 

[michael N123]

We need the rain or we’ll be fecked if next spring is dry

 

[yellow belly]

Less than 10 mm this week

39 so far this week need 3 clear dry days now
in 10 days time need 7 days dry to get going

we have not had a dry summer may to august 75mm above average

 

[Neddy flanders]

Is this thread a joke? less than 20mm since early July. Cambs. no grass, no OSR, no cultivations. Desert.

 

[DRC]

Moved to the driest field on the farm. The gravel hole field it’s called . Only trouble is it’ll probably be too dry in June.

 

[neilo]

Certainly not panicking here yet. It was so dry up to last week that any cultivator would have brought up lumps and DD would have been chipping at the surface. A nice bit of rain since but the drains are a long way from running yet.

 

[robs1]

Our ground is getting sticky, glad its drilled dont want the same as last two years, at least the rain should make the pre ems work well

 

[Zippy768]

I think their is a new industry related illness AAD - Autumn anxiety disorder.....

I'm beginning to think this time of year is harder than harvest.
Into September we invariably still have some harvest to cut, always bales to move, grain to take to store, grass to cut, beginning of autumn calving.
Swiftly moves to maize, cultivations, cattle in.......and last on the list - drilling.
Then we can relax

 

[farmerm]

I'm beginning to think this time of year is harder than harvest.
Into September we invariably still have some harvest to cut, always bales to move, grain to take to store, grass to cut, beginning of autumn calving.
Swiftly moves to maize, cultivations, cattle in.......and last on the list - drilling.
Then we can relax

Relax... or just keep fretting because its mid November and some drilling is still to be crossed off the list....

 

[robbie]

I always have found autumn ploughing and drilling time the most stressful time of year. I find harvest, even the wet year, easy but drilling always seems a race against the clock and weather

 

[Wombat]

JFDI!!!!?

I have seen slurry, chicken manure, ad juice , compost and fym been spread this autumn so it seems that’s everyone else’s idea as well

 

[Wombat]

Is this thread a joke? less than 20mm since early July. Cambs. no grass, no OSR, no cultivations. Desert.

We had 20mm yesterday, had been dry up to this week but up to 47mm so far this week

 

[yellow belly]

Is this thread a joke? less than 20mm since early July. Cambs. no grass, no OSR, no cultivations. Desert.

no joke 169 mm since july with low transpiration in july and august drains now flowing
10 miles away half that amount

its not the first rains that hurt but the follow up rains
wet in the week after drilling from now on will do the most damage to yield