State of your crops?

[4course]

in conclusion of the off topic chit chat and to get us back on track can report that the the barley was almost flowering and the wheats bursting out and seemed to have the potential of a good sized ear .mrs 4 course and I returned from a pleasant evening stroll homewards towards the sunset which was a glorious red and with regard to the saying red sky at night unfortunately im no shepherd, ho ho

 

[robbie]

in conclusion of the off topic chit chat and to get us back on track can report that the the barley was almost flowering and the wheats bursting out and seemed to have the potential of a good sized ear .mrs 4 course and I returned from a pleasant evening stroll homewards towards the sunset which was a glorious red and with regard to the saying red sky at night unfortunately im no shepherd, ho ho

No Shepherd but a bit of an old ram perhaps!!!!!!

 

[Jerry]

The sunnier it is, the more flowers there seems to be
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This field of Direct drilled Barley looked horrible all winter . All you could see was the previous year’s wheat stubble. Nothing much wrong with it now apart from the fact it should have had more PGR.
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On to checking the Deer this afternoon. Some calves enjoying a Sunday afternoon nap.
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Some hiding with Mum in the hedges
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Two of the Stags looking handsome with their Antlers growing well.
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Are you growing the linseed on contract?

Pm if you prefer...

 

[Jerry]

Your crops are a credit to you Jerry.
Must be good soil in the Exe Valley. I’m sure @gone up the hill would agree .

Thank you....it’s more to do with rain / moisture!!

Dare I say it......could do with a little drink to keep things ticking over.

 

[DRC]

Thank you....it’s more to do with rain / moisture!!

Dare I say it......could do with a little drink to keep things ticking over.

We keep getting a bit. 2mm last Wednesday and another drop last night, just after we cut our grass.

 

[Two Tone]

Are you growing the linseed on contract?

Pm if you prefer...

As a member of United Oilseeds and as I’m not growing OSR for the time being, I’m growing it for them.

 

[robbie]

Thank you....it’s more to do with rain / moisture!!

Dare I say it......could do with a little drink to keep things ticking over.

We had 22mm on Friday which will keep us jogging along nicely for a while.

 

[Secret Agronomist]

90mm in May but another 25 now would be good, only 10 days from flood to drought here, probably be irrigating spuds next week.
Cereals looking pretty good here (Perthshire) but need regular rainfall until harvest.

 

[Devon James]

Westminster barley sown 5th March hasn't stopped. Plan to double crop with maize if can get it off soon [emoji1]

 

[ajd132]

blackgrass in extase

Electrum malting barley

Costello after spring oats

spring barley after mid tier cover crop.

all crops no tilled into our hanslope clay. Shame about the smatterings of blackgrass after osr but that picture is of the worse field, think we are better off than many around here. Looking forward to harvest!

 

[robbie]

Will the winter barley yield be any good????
From the picture it looks very thin, when I've had barley looking like that it's been 30cwt/AC.

 

[ajd132]

Will the winter barley yield be any good????
From the picture it looks very thin, when I've had barley looking like that it's been 30cwt/AC.

i think it will yield okay, the picture seems to make it look thinner than it is i agree, theres also quite alot of tillers that arent out properly yet or a lower down under the top. it did 6t/ha last year after being mauled in late and looked terrible all year and its much better than that. its malting so only had 100kg/n hoping for 7.5t/ha.
the last time we grew hybrid feed barley it looked incredibly thick and good and the yield was pretty poor.

 

[T Hectares]

Few pics
Canyon at flag leaf half emerged

Firefly splitting boots

Tundra flowering

CS margin flowering well

 

[robbie]

Ironic really that in a few years the crop in the last pic will probably be the most profitable one to grow

 

[T Hectares]

Should be a big industry growing the flower seeds when half the country is planted with these

 

[ganderman]

Just a bit different. Vining peas, cabbages, the red ones getting over spray damage, our best looking spuds and the daffodil full of groundsel will about ready to start harvesting the bulbs at the end of the month . Ps I couldn’t work out how to put pics on properly!

 

[bluepower]

Walking around crops on Sunday thinking these will be the last proper crops grown here before the landlords rewild it all. What a tragic waste after 25 years of effort. First two are Cassia winter Barley. Others are Extase wheat.

 

[T Hectares]

Nice to see some different crops

 

[T Hectares]

Walking around crops on Sunday thinking these will be the last proper crops grown here before the landlords rewild it all. What a tragic waste after 25 years of effort. First two are Cassia winter Barley. Others are Extase wheat.

Nice looking crops, sad to hear though

 

[teslacoils]

Little bit of tipping in the Graham compared to the gleam. Same tank of spray. Hope it's just a bit of a varietal trait.