The spring that time forgot.......

[steveR]

Started raining here at 5pm yesterday, just about stopped at 11am now... Land is a soggy mess once again

Grass aplenty, but I can see I will be zero grazing it in a fortnight with the round baler, rather then letting the suckler coos on to the land....

My neighbour called by yesterday to have a load of barley straw to help him out, and he was wondering where the grass had come from, I refrained from reminding him that fertiliser does not magically spread itself when some are away ski-ing

I can see it might even be a genuine "May turnout" for me, which I cannot remember happening here for many, many years.

 

[SilliamWhale]

You'd want a hovercraft to drill anything here this week. Or any other week so far this year.


Still, good job you boys can get on, you can sell us some cheap straw for next winter

I'm definitely going up in price on straw this year. Its been too cheap (not this year I grant you but historically its too cheap)

 

[bobk]

Forecast is hot next week ..... more fake news by the bbc.

 

[Danllan]

I'm definitely going up in price on straw this year. Its been too cheap (not this year I grant you but historically its too cheap)

How to 'make friends and influence people'?

 

[czechmate]

Forecast is hot next week ..... more fake news by the bbc.

Next week forecast here is 27

 

[SilliamWhale]

How to 'make friends and influence people'?

I sold most of my barley for £75t ish this year and stuck to the price. Its too cheap at that price all things considered.

 

[DRC]

Started raining here at 5pm yesterday, just about stopped at 11am now... Land is a soggy mess once again

Grass aplenty, but I can see I will be zero grazing it in a fortnight with the round baler, rather then letting the suckler coos on to the land....

My neighbour called by yesterday to have a load of barley straw to help him out, and he was wondering where the grass had come from, I refrained from reminding him that fertiliser does not magically spread itself when some are away ski-ing

I can see it might even be a genuine "May turnout" for me, which I cannot remember happening here for many, many years.

Same county, so same here, and the 30 mm in three hours we had on sat morning.

 

[wasted years]

Last year I finished sowing at home on April the 8th which is the earliest ever, the year before we didn't start til into May and we have lived.

 

[David.]

Hawthorn only just breaking here, which is usually the first sign that grass will grow, birds will sing, and all will be well with the world.

 

[7610 super q]

Next week forecast here is 27

27 inches more rain ?

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I'm definitely going up in price on straw this year. Its been too cheap (not this year I grant you but historically its too cheap)

Where's that stirring smile?

 

[steveR]

Same county, so same here, and the 30 mm in three hours we had on sat morning.

Yeah, but you are in the wetter North, as opposed to the drier central plains... We are just on the edge of the Eastern arable belt

Was it really 30mm? I had planned on getting my early spuds into the garden Sunday in the dry... ho ho ho! Under 2" of water again! The only place for my earlies is in a Crystalxx 80kg tub!

 

[Bald Rick]

only one way to test if it's warm enough to drill ..........

 

[steveR]

only one way to test if it's warm enough to drill ..........

Not in Anglesey I suspect.....?

 

[michael N123]

I sold most of my barley for £75t ish this year and stuck to the price. Its too cheap at that price all things considered.

I’ll buy all your barly for £75 ton

 

[Nearly]

only one way to test if it's warm enough to drill ..........

You've lost weight.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I’ll buy all your barly for £75 ton

Meant barley straw

 

[two-cylinder]

Now is the time for looking for duals all round ( ) on the combine, tractors and trailers for all this spring barley and beans to be harvested in November.

'Funny how it's always owners of blue tractors who reach for the duals all-round?'

 

[two-cylinder]

@carbonfibre farmer

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@carbonfibre farmer

Got duals for the front of the axos too......

I did have a count up and realised i/we had 8 pairs of duals we only have 6 tractors.
I must have been deprived as a child.

(Doesn't include cage,front duals and wide tyres either)