State of your crops?

[Jerry]

East wind here is sucking moisture out of ground and crops.

Lovely to have no mud but grass and crops being nipped.

 

[Vincenzosassone]

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Sensation winter barley certainly looking well.

The landscape, the wheat and the cloudy sky give a really good idea of winter. Not that sad winter in which the laking sun is felt to be a great loss, but an example of winter sunless in which you are glad to live in it. Really impressive, or at least this is what I felt from this image, even if this doesn't concern the forum topics, I wanted to say you this.

 

[Wombat]

East wind here is sucking moisture out of ground and crops.

Lovely to have no mud but grass and crops being nipped.

It would be if the bloody snow will sod off, hopefully a month of this dry will arrive now

 

[Two Tone]

Made a start today on the frost . Grass not cereals but the Wheat will follow soon. Urea though is a bit suspect! View attachment 939902View attachment 939903

Yes, we did too but on cereals.

We often find we get one frosty week in Feb to get it on and if we miss it, sometimes it is April before we can get back.
Conditions are ideal here to Ice Road it on now and the forecast doesn’t predict a deluge that would cause excessive leeching.
If Barley goes yellow because it is hungry, the tillers it aborts bugger up any decent yield prospects. IMO if it starts to go yellow, we are too late.

 

[EddieB]

Winter barley today. I would be tempted to put a bit of urea on it but my spreader control box has just gone off for repair. As long as I can get on by the end of the month it should be fine, I generally find that crops don’t run short of N until things warm up sufficiently for them to start to grow. Saying that I would like to get some on the WOSR sooner rather than later.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Sorghum

Mung Beans

 

[D14]

Given the late drilling date and the amount of rain that’s gone on them I’m pleasantly pleased with the state of my crops.

I do have two small fields that are below par but most are looking well.

How are others looking?

Wheat and barley below, no rape this year but locally it looks well.View attachment 928979View attachment 928980View attachment 928981View attachment 928982

Average here now. Desperate for some N and sunshine but I fear we might be in for another dry spring so we are getting on with spring drilling into moisture. Got a plough going today on some heavier ground which will be cultipressed as soon as possible. Cover crop stubbles will be direct drilled as we've mown off the covers. I want to be drilling spring wheat next week ideally.

 

[ajd132]

frosty wheat after spring oats yesterday

 

[Hindsight]

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frosty wheat after spring oats yesterday

Can you not find at least one waterlogged wet ponded area to post a picture of to allow us to share our waterlogged pain?

 

[ajd132]

extase today after osr and catch crop

 

[ajd132]

Can you not find at least one waterlogged wet ponded area to post a picture of to allow us to share our waterlogged pain?

I’ve only found one!

 

[teslacoils]

The frost has gone and with the extra rain the top 40mm is horrid mush.

 

[teslacoils]

Well, if that's the biggest puddle and shittest bit of headland after this winter then I'll be pleased.

Grass growing and you can hear the air being sucked in as the water drains through.

 

[Jerry]

Wheat after osr

Wheat after spuds

Barley after wheat

Wheat after maize

Had hoped to get early N on sone of it last week when ground was frozen but too windy all the time.

Wheat after spuds looking hungry now.

 

[Trial Officer Barney]

Hi,
Is there anyone growing winter wheat variety Cordiale in Oxfordshire or in the surrounding areas? I'm looking for a field for trial purposes ( trial area 0.2 ha).

Another trial would be on one of the following w.wheat varieties Gravity, Barrel, Basset, Elation, Jackal, Spotlight - not on the AHDB recommended list but maybe there's someone growing JB Diego or Dickens. Preferred locations Oxfordshire or the surrounding areas to the South / West.

If anyone interested please send me a message or reply to the post.

 

[Renaultman]

Was getting all excited, weather warming, nice dry spell coming, even started thinking about putting the drill on. As per usual, the weather forecast has changed again. If I had the will power to stay off weather forecasts and Facebook my life would be so much more pleasant.

 

[teslacoils]

Just still all looking super hungry.

 

[Renaultman]

Just still all looking super hungry.

TBF mine aren't, the post snow buzz probably luring me in to a false sense of security.

 

[teslacoils]

TBF mine aren't, the post snow buzz probably luring me in to a false sense of security.

All mine is after oats, on cold wet clay. They want some nitrogen.

 

[bankrupt]

with the extra rain the top 40mm is horrid mush.

I note that today here we have accumulated 1000mm of rainfall since harvest.

Last year this happened on 16th February, so not very much to choose between the two years, so far.