The unthinkable.

[Hilly]

I say to the moaners every wet summer, plenty life in the rain forest not much in the desert.

 

[holywell farmer]

One fellow TFF member from Wales is already carrying water as his supply has run dry. Said he was selling stock today to try and reduced work load.

Would hose pipe ban affect farmers stock or arable

 

[roscoe erf]

This is what happens when people moan about it being too wet.

they just moan it don't matter what there is always something wrong

 

[Hilly]

they just moan it don't matter what there is always something wrong

I get sick of it, do people in other jobs moan as much as farmers ? its weigh some.

 

[Vader]

i BEEN TELLING ALL WINTER WE AINT HAD ENOUGH WATER. something has changed in the soil structure and its not getting properly wet,
having said that, the fields have taken longer to properly burn

Ours was proper wet, had places I could not drill in spring as to wet.
Don't matter how wet it is, if you get no rain for nearly2 months and baking heat and wind then it will dry out.

 

[roscoe erf]

I get sick of it, do people in other jobs moan as much as farmers ? its weigh some.

you and me both its f**king depressing reading posts on here at times

 

[Chae1]

Would hose pipe ban affect farmers stock or arable

Depends if they use hose pipe much.

 

[joe soapy]

I get sick of it, do people in other jobs moan as much as farmers ? its weigh some.

yes they do, and probably more so. you want to hear the railway men, or the road men, or the teachers, or the doctors.
even the tractor drivers when they dont get their choice of tractor

 

[lim x]

you and me both its fudgeing depressing reading posts on here at times

Says the man that started the 'What grinds your gears' thread.

 

[d williams]

Could have a big knock on effect for the sheep wintering lads. Not muck point in trying to grow stubble turnips at the moment , despite having land cleared from rye harvest .

I was told of farmers in 76 sowing rape turnips Sept Oct and getting a hell of a crop due to the warmth in the ground don't give up yet

 

[holywell farmer]

Depends if they use hose pipe much.

Milk farmer has to keep parlour clean

 

[holywell farmer]

Depends if they use hose pipe much.

Would it also happy to jet washing down machines

 

[JeepJeep]

Would it also happy to jet washing down machines

Think it depends on colour of the pipe

 

[holywell farmer]

Think it depends on colour of the pipe

Jet washer uses mains water ?

 

[DRC]

I was told of farmers in 76 sowing rape turnips Sept Oct and getting a hell of a crop due to the warmth in the ground don't give up yet

Yes, early days yet . Was hoping to take advantage of rye coming off early to get some kale/ forage rape in for cattle.
Too early for stubble turnips really

 

[holywell farmer]

Yes, early days yet . Was hoping to take advantage of rye coming off early to get some kale/ forage rape in for cattle.
Too early for stubble turnips really

We all need rain

 

[DRC]

We all need rain

To be honest, now we’ve got this far I’d rather have a dry harvest

 

[DeeGee]

I love moaning, it’s being so grumpy that keeps me happy.
Every morning when I wake I just have a little smile and get it over with, so then I can get on with moaning and being miserable for the rest of the day.

 

[Chae1]

To be honest, now we’ve got this far I’d rather have a dry harvest

I'll have to take some rain for grass I'm afraid.

 

[yellow belly]

May be the untinkable for not just us and possibly a blessing in disguise if this drought continues.
At the moment EU grain harvest predicted down 5m tonnes, Russian 7m tonnes & weather worries in a good few other parts of the world too.

Low yields at home and high grain prices worldwide might just make Gove & his policy advisors take another look at the wisdom of the idea that importing everything we need into the UK with no consideration of food production in any of their recent raft of farming/environment policy announcements.

But if prices get higher he may get the idea farmers do not need support or import taxes