No, very sad life. Probably very sad death as well I would imagine....
The Drought
- Thread starter Derrick Hughes
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M-J-G
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glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
When?
M-J-G
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Thats extreme!
We've had 20mm in the past 10 days (before that we'd had 15mm since mid March) and you can tell it has rained, things are greening well.
But anywhere cattle are standing around is quite brown and certainly not rock hard like you're saying.
- Location
- Ceredigion
- Location
- East yorks
Think it went on longer but had 50% of the rainfall we had in 2018 this year in Mar/April/May so done more damage than 2018 here
- Location
- leics/warks border
It all seems to have gone north or south of here.
11mm last weekend gave things a break, 3mm today. Spring wheat "shot its bolt" last week, so will come to very little. Linseed started to flower at 4 inch high and spindly, might do ok if it gets a decent soak.
Hay field still too short to even mow.
Beans are the only crop with a chance of a normal yield, if they keep getting some rain.
11mm last weekend gave things a break, 3mm today. Spring wheat "shot its bolt" last week, so will come to very little. Linseed started to flower at 4 inch high and spindly, might do ok if it gets a decent soak.
Hay field still too short to even mow.
Beans are the only crop with a chance of a normal yield, if they keep getting some rain.
just had another 5mm in about 5 mins. Thunder and lightning
Very, very, frightening ?
M-J-G
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Very dry here 2 years ago, but we are used to it here as we tend to be very dry anyway.
We always keep a few hundred bales of silage over just in case.
We also just relay on getting 1 cut of silage.
And we work on will structure along with deeper rooted grasses.
It's a case of managing the situation and farming to suit.
2013 is the driest year I've known, still not sure it qualifies as a drought though, particularly when compared to other parts of the world. A dry April to July with a flood at either end doesn't qualify as a drought IMO, when some parts of the world don't see rain for years.
Calling what we have a drought is like saying you've had a bad day because you smashed a window of the tractor, droughts abroad are like a 20 car motorway pileup by comparison.
We always keep a few hundred bales of silage over just in case.
We also just relay on getting 1 cut of silage.
And we work on will structure along with deeper rooted grasses.
It's a case of managing the situation and farming to suit.
2013 is the driest year I've known, still not sure it qualifies as a drought though, particularly when compared to other parts of the world. A dry April to July with a flood at either end doesn't qualify as a drought IMO, when some parts of the world don't see rain for years.
Calling what we have a drought is like saying you've had a bad day because you smashed a window of the tractor, droughts abroad are like a 20 car motorway pileup by comparison.
Was for my sheep dog. She hates it!
Sprog
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- Location
- South Shropshire
Not a drop yesterday, last night or today! We are drier now than we were 2018 at this time and would rather not see the sun again until we have had a few decent showers.
Yes we seem to be stuck between the rain from the north and coming up from the south. No mans land
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
I would be seriously looking at the way i farmed if that happened here.
nails
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- Location
- East Dorset
I have seen grass seed go till mid July before really striking. It will sit there a long time,
- Location
- Ceredigion
Problem was it started. It worries me when it starts then comes dry
If you don’t mind me asking. Why re seed in the spring, rather than autumn. Seems like you can easily loose a whole season with a spring re seed.