State of your crops?

[Kildare]

Lumas ww. Ccc and T/E today

 

[Fish]

S oats and peas starting to make an appearance, 18 days since drilling

 

[Phil P]

Finished N on winter barley bar 1 field I’m going to rip some up on (I’ll get pictures) Made a start on winter Wheat N2

Skyfall

Lili

Jackal

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late sown skyfall which hasn’t half moved in the past couple of days!

They’re all going to get some mang and T0 early next week.

 

[Renaultman]

Finished N on winter barley bar 1 field I’m going to rip some up on (I’ll get pictures) Made a start on winter Wheat N2

Skyfall
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Lili
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Jackal
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late sown skyfall which hasn’t half moved in the past couple of days!
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They’re all going to get some mang and T0 early next week.

Will finish N2 on wheat tomorrow, and N1 on oats, before any pgr or BWS, opposite way to normal, but think it's to cold to spray and don't want to wait 2 weeks before N2.

 

[Two Tone]

remember avalon tremendous width of flag leaf was once explained to me as a bank managers wheat looked tremendous on his visit so you got the o/d to get past harvest but didnt yield as well as the others

The year before Avalon come out, there was a similar Variety called Bounty. Another very showy variety. I once took a picture of its Flag leaf more that covering width wise an old (bigger than now) 50p bit!
Avalon was the first variety I ever grew that yielded 4 tons an acre. The milling premium that year was £3/tonne and because the yield was so high, the protein was diluted, it went as feed. I wasn’t going to worry about waiting for the inevitable phone call and a redirection charge.

 

[Renaultman]

The year before Avalon come out, there was a similar Variety called Bounty. Another very showy variety. I once took a picture of its Flag leaf more that covering width wise an old (bigger than now) 50p bit!
Avalon was the first variety I ever grew that yielded 4 tons an acre. The milling premium that year was £3/tonne and because the yield was so high, the protein was diluted, it went as feed. I wasn’t going to worry about waiting for the inevitable phone call and a redirection charge.

We did the same, again probably our first 4t wheat, remember it as being very easy to grow, but was spending more time in the cab of a truck than a tractor at the time.

 

[Wombat]

Last few fields of direct tine (ultra micro strip till to be correct then )barley coming a long they are a bit snottier and no rain since mid March

 

[Wombat]

You call that no till?

Hahah well it was my sabre tine straight into stubble so should i call it ultra micro strip till then and have corrected it

 

[HHire]

Seen a lot of this happening in the past week brown spots and yellow leaves all over winter barley and winter wheat. Any ideas? Deficiency or disease?

 

[4course]

We did the same, again probably our first 4t wheat, remember it as being very easy to grow, but was spending more time in the cab of a truck than a tractor at the time.

first 4 t for me was mercia the variety that followed avalon but it flattered to deceive as never did it again so dropped 3-4 years later .Over time one of the best varietys was/has been grafton god only knows why we dropped it, of the rest in the between years most have been one hit wonders ,now get on well with gravity looks well this year yielded best last year over gleam and skyscraper which are ok

 

[Renaultman]

first 4 t for me was mercia the variety that followed avalon but it flattered to deceive as never did it again so dropped 3-4 years later .Over time one of the best varietys was/has been grafton god only knows why we dropped it, of the rest in the between years most have been one hit wonders ,now get on well with gravity looks well this year yielded best last year over gleam and skyscraper which are ok

Grafton is still my favourite wheat have C2 seed for this year and next. I grow mainly that and Kerrin, I think Kerrin just beat it last year but still prefer Grafton for ease of growing and consistency.

 

[4course]

Grafton is still my favourite wheat have C2 seed for this year and next. I grow mainly that and Kerrin, I think Kerrin just beat it last year but still prefer Grafton for ease of growing and consistency.

kerrin here was a one hit wonder too expensive to grow re fungi but yielded

 

[teslacoils]

I liked Relay.

 

[4course]

Grafton is still my favourite wheat have C2 seed for this year and next. I grow mainly that and Kerrin, I think Kerrin just beat it last year but still prefer Grafton for ease of growing and consistency.

straw yield was its downfall here though just checked our records and its been a mistake to drop it on average grain yield

 

[Renaultman]

straw yield was its downfall here though just checked our records and its been a mistake to drop it on average grain yield

I can see the issue with straw mind, always amazes me how such a spindly straw could hold such a head. Makes for easy combining though.

 

[4course]

I can see the issue with straw mind, always amazes me how such a spindly straw could hold such a head. Makes for easy combining though.

and early in fact very early

 

[bankrupt]

god only knows why we dropped it,

We only dropped it because it was early enough to always overlap with the oat harvest.

Big mistake - should've dropped the latest oat variety instead and kept those three extra days saved for earlier start to drilling.

 

[Brisel]

Still growing Grafton here. It yields well in fertile soils.

 

[EddieB]

I’m another fan of Grafton although we haven’t grown it for a couple of years now. The early maturity was definitely a bonus.

 

[Old apprentice]

Growing parkin as trial before sowing more never grown grafton.