State of your crops?

[Breakthru]

The price did fall out of bed which stopped a lot of “management” here as well. Currently having between 30-50 reds making a right mess in my spring oats each evening and the management team watching them

They don't like bird scaring rockets. Use the tube centre of a bale wrap and aim it in among them.

 

[Cowmansam]

The price did fall out of bed which stopped a lot of “management” here as well. Currently having between 30-50 reds making a right mess in my spring oats each evening and the management team watching them

Sounds like you need a new team

 

[Chae1]

LG mountain drilled next to Cassia. Mountain maturing quicker. Normally longer anything's growing the better in my experience.

 

[essex man]

Zyatt , T2 this morning

 

[Jerry]

I can see some Terpal in the future for Planet spring barley...

 

[David.]

Had a good old ride around today, up to Mablethorpe via Spalding, back home over Wolds via Wragby and Lincoln.
Has to be said, there are as many poor looking crops as good ones, some of the fen looks completely sad and washed out.
Block of maybe 500ac of planted spuds alongside road by Toynton area very sad looking, and look to have been washed out of baulks in places.
It must be very frustrating.

 

[yellow belly]

Drains here now on 50% capacity too wet by miles

 

[robbie]

Had a good old ride around today, up to Mablethorpe via Spalding, back home over Wolds via Wragby and Lincoln.
Has to be said, there are as many poor looking crops as good ones, some of the fen looks completely sad and washed out.
Block of maybe 500ac of planted spuds alongside road by Toynton area very sad looking, and look to have been washed out of baulks in places.
It must be very frustrating.

Travelled in the opposite direction yesterday from Norfolk to Dorset and it's much the same. You'll drive through an area and everything will look excellent then another 30 miles or so everything looks shockingly poor and this was repeated for the whole journey.
Cambridgeshire/Essex/beds/Herts area had some cracking crops of black grass with a real brown haze to the whole field.

 

[David.]

Also notable how little rape there is around.

 

[Devil's advocate]

Also notable how little rape there is around.

Plenty in South Yorkshire, well around the M1 betweeb Barnsley & Sheffield

Hallmark mostly still works locally for how long???????

 

[Renaultman]

Plenty in South Yorkshire, well around the M1 betweeb Barnsley & Sheffield

Hallmark mostly still works locally for how long???????

Quite a bit around here although a lot have given up. A lot looks really good particularly the late stuff.
I think if prices remain at current levels a lot will be in the ground next year.

 

[Will 1594]

Redrilling 20 acre of beet in 5 fields next week
Hares partridge cleaned 11 acre bare on neighbours and started in corner of one of ours
5 .1/2 inch rain not done it any good

 

[DRC]

Also notable how little rape there is around.

Seen a lot in Shropshire

 

[RobW]

Here’s my worst field of osr. It has sat in cold wet clay since October. Even the pigeons are starting to give up eating it. It will get 50 kg of N then if it stays wet it dies, if it dries up I’ll get some kind of harvest.
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Hello Brisel. I was just looking back and wondered if this field had recovered? I hope it doesn't bring back bad memories!
Thank you

 

[GeorgeK]

My winter bird food will have to be redone. Got it in just before the rain and was very pleased with myself but now have a ferocious flush of weeds as it was too dry for a good kill before drilling. Cold and wet so the plants haven't moved and got mullered by slugs. Flea beetle working on the brassicas as usual. All in all my own fault for being impatient, it was too cold and early but after the great drought I was worried we wouldn't get much rain

 

[Wombat]

Spring stuff getting punished a bit now by tuesdays monsoons

Seems to have had everything this year, no rain for 7 weeks, frosts, slugs and now wet feet

 

[Jerry]

Boots have split.

 

[Heathland]

This is really soul destroying, AW starting works on a new water main.Flailing crops off to stop birds nesting.

 

[richard hammond]

Had a good old ride around today, up to Mablethorpe via Spalding, back home over Wolds via Wragby and Lincoln.
Has to be said, there are as many poor looking crops as good ones, some of the fen looks completely sad and washed out.
Block of maybe 500ac of planted spuds alongside road by Toynton area very sad looking, and look to have been washed out of baulks in places.
It must be very frustrating.

Which Toynton?? I havent seen that and I live within that area!!

 

[David.]

Fairly certain it was on left of A158 by High Toynton, on way towards Horncastle, rolling land and lots of stone content, big block of several fields bare ground/potato baulks.