State of your crops?

[robbie]

What sort of straw yield tonnes per acre would you expect off a good crop of barley like you have pictured?

I'm a complete novice to cereal growing.

I've got cassia up to my chest again this year(I'm 6'4", not a midget) and I get 8 sometimes even 10 5 foots an acre.

Never had hybrids yield as much straw despite them looking to yield more in the field.

 

[Jerry]

What sort of straw yield tonnes per acre would you expect off a good crop of barley like you have pictured?

I'm a complete novice to cereal growing.

I’ll have to look back as not grown winter barley for about 7 years. But it can be significant

 

[DRC]

I’ll have to look back as not grown winter barley for about 7 years. But it can be significant

A good crop can yield 2ton acre of straw . Easily 1.5 T/acre

 

[Jerry]

A good crop can yield 2ton acre of straw . Easily 1.5 T/acre

I’ll have to replace those lost nutients…

 

[Salopian_Will]

The winter barley/spring wheat experiment will be confusing the neighbours. This time last week it was winter barley. This week it is spring wheat.

 

[thorpe]

thats one for round up, but a good one to feed yourself!

 

[BredRedHfd]

September drilled Extase looking very well. Ear out 1st June. Almost at belly button (no comments on that please .. )

 

[teslacoils]

Graham flowering. Gleam miles away. All looking a bit tall given the quantity of pgr applied.

 

[Phil P]

September drilled Extase looking very well. Ear out 1st June. Almost at belly button (no comments on that please .. )View attachment 967184View attachment 967185

Just been through my extase and it seems a little on the tall side

 

[Wombat]

Sky fall almost fully out

Spring wheat filling out, flag leaf about 30% out

 

[Bury the Trash]

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Sky fall almost fully out

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Spring wheat filling out, flag leaf about 30% out

drilled with your homemade ?

 

[Wombat]

drilled with your homemade ?

That winter wheat no, spring wheat yes.

Will get a winter wheat with the home made tomorrow

 

[BredRedHfd]

Just been through my extase and it seems a little on the tall side
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Good for me, need the straw...
Lovely little sprayer that. Used to drive a 25...great machines

 

[essex man]

Zyatt yesterday, spraying t3

 

[Renaultman]

Bit of tipping on the Kerrin. 3 weeks to the day between T1 and T2 Kerrin is Kerrin though,

 

[teslacoils]

Gleam
Graham

Both drilled mid October.

 

[bobk]

Gleam
Graham

Both drilled mid October.

2nd one looks a fair crop

 

[teslacoils]

2nd one looks a fair crop

Hard to say. The gleam is thicker with more tillers. They just don't really show! Yeah, the Graham has really bucked up. Looked awful coming into spring. Very thin.

 

[Phil P]

This is the field of Jackal that nearly got ripped up and despite the odd bald patch

The rest real doesn’t look bad at now at all.

 

[Conor B]

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

Ive about 300 acres sown in spring wheat and 500 in barley. 400 in winter crops. Spring wheat is struggling but barley is flying. Soil got lime this year on all fields and the crops are on the same type of soil. There isnt much growth in any of them but you can definitely tell that the barley is doing well better.