State of your crops?

[Farmer Roy]

Sorghum & mice holes

 

[Farmer Roy]

Mung beans, on 1 metre rows

 

[Devon James]

Almost time to get them back onto forage rape and leave the wheat to do it's thing. Think need to go with 50kgs of n/ha this week.

 

[teslacoils]

Going on with fert today and it's pretty clear this will be a poor year. The rain on flat clay has just battered the hell out of the soil. Deep racks have not helped. Plants are there but quite poor.

 

[teslacoils]

One saving grace - if I had rolled it, it would have been dead.

 

[robbie]

Don't be too despondent, my farm has come throught winter well, as you'd expect from lightland and all my crops look good and full of potential but come a dry spell my will be suffering and your poor looking plants now, will be growing quite happily

 

[teslacoils]

Will be ok. Was like this two springs ago and came out ok. Just needs different management. And next year a good ploguh.

 

[ollie989898]

Roy, I have seen sorghum grown in a big way in the USA, but whatever is the grain used for?

 

[teslacoils]

Fert efficiency will be sh!t too

 

[Brisel]

Anastasia osr sown off the back of a cultivator 14/8/20. This will get some N as soon as it will travel, probably later this week.

 

[ollie989898]

Nothing wrong with that.

Does the beetle not like being further north??

 

[Brisel]

Nothing wrong with that.

Does the beetle not like being further north??

I had some trouble with CSFB elsewhere in late August as it emerged but that’s all. This is 300 feet above sea level, so less bother at this location.

 

[teslacoils]

Much less impressed with the Graham wheat . May suprise, but on looks it's no good. Dad's Elicit looks twice the crop.

 

[jd6420s]

Much less impressed with the Graham wheat . May suprise, but on looks it's no good. Dad's Elicit looks twice the crop.

I had some Graham last year and it didn't look very good in early March. It tillered very well though and was my best field by far come harvest time.

 

[Brisel]

Graham looks spiky and develops slowly. It was the best yielder at my last farm and not hungry for inputs though can get rusty

 

[teslacoils]

Tbh I banged done urea on it anyway.

 

[ajd132]

No till winter barley on hanslope clay. These fields Havnt been moved more than an inch for 5 years

 

[teslacoils]

2nd year silage grass after three months of sheep.

 

[Lincsman]

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No till winter barley on hanslope clay. These fields Havnt been moved more than an inch for 5 years

Looks very thick down the rows?

 

[ajd132]

Looks very thick down the rows?

Never had issues with any crops before