Wet May, plenty of hay.

[muleman]

good for the natural immunity is farming

 

[muleman]

Wouldn’t call 37.5mm a wet May. East Riding

Youve had a nice bit then, you wont be taking any harm?
Ive just looked on our gauge, we're on 82 mm.
Weve a nice bite of grass, a lot farther on than last year.
Weve had a run of very dry mays the last few years.
If it steadies up now we will be doing ok.

 

[neilo]

Yes, often can be in 8 month and 4 out.
The year is often described as an '8 month winter and 4 months of bad weather'.

Have you considered changing your cattle breed to something that can cope with poor weather better?

Struggling to think of one just now, but maybe a black coloured one?

 

[west coast angus]

Wettest May I have seen, very windy too

 

[milton-95]

Not wet here in Aberdeenshire either.

I'd say it's the best may for a good few years, for once we're not burning up, everythings looking bonny even and green.

 

[Top Tip.]

I'd say it's the best may for a good few years, for once we're not burning up, everythings looking bonny even and green.

Same here,I would say we will be near three weeks ahead of last year with grass growth.

 

[Chae1]

I'd say it's the best may for a good few years, for once we're not burning up, everythings looking bonny even and green.

Yeah pretty near ideal weather.

 

[M-J-G]

We've had an ideal spring here, a reasonable amount of rain and some heat.
Probably not the heat that the southerners are used to, but enough for us who are used to living on the permafrost north of Gretna

Grass is growing well, crops are doing fine and stock are pretty happy.

 

[willie waver]

Cumbria must be bearing the brunt as usual.

don't worry, ayrshire is with you all the way. already poached here, just 1 fully dry day in the whole of may so far, 179mm on my miserable little spot, bloody cold too

 

[steveR]

We haven't had a wet May here. Spring Barley is barely holding on and grass growth has slowed right down.

15mm this afternoon..... Thank goodness. Looking like some very sparse forage crops still.

Grass was disappearing in front of my eyes and maybe 5% of the Conservation seeds drilled in late April has come up.

 

[steveR]

A wet and windy May fills the barn with corn and hay .

Well, we;ve had the bloody wind alright!!

 

[michael N123]

I haven’t had this much grass for years

All the cattle including stores are outside.. for the first time in 4-5 year I’ve empty sheds

 

[bobk]

Well, we;ve had the bloody wind alright!!

Change your diet ...

 

[BAF]

good for the natural immunity is farming

I said that to the wife tonight when she came home and the 3yr old was naked. Not unusual. But her bedraggled hair, filthier than normal appearance and
"mummy look at my hand, one of daddy's fugging lambs jumped when he was injecting it and he poked himself in the hand with a needle but it was OK so I tried to whack it and missed and banged my hand but im OK." Draws breath "fugging sheep daddy should shoot it".

I was in my coat and waterproofs roasting but dry, she refused to wear her coat and was prancing about in q t-shirt, pink leggings and bright red patent shoes straight from nursery! She spent too long with me during lockdown and now she likes to swear just occasionally for effect. You can see it in her eyes the little devious spark of the devil when she does it

But yes wet here on and off all afternoon!

 

[steveR]

I said that to the wife tonight when she came home and the 3yr old was naked. Not unusual. But her bedraggled hair, filthier than normal appearance and
"mummy look at my hand, one of daddy's fugging lambs jumped when he was injecting it and he poked himself in the hand with a needle but it was OK so I tried to whack it and missed and banged my hand but im OK." Draws breath "fugging sheep daddy should shoot it".

I was in my coat and waterproofs roasting but dry, she refused to wear her coat and was prancing about in q t-shirt, pink leggings and bright red patent shoes straight from nursery! She spent too long with me during lockdown and now she likes to swear just occasionally for effect. You can see it in her eyes the little devious spark of the devil when she does it

But yes wet here on and off all afternoon!

Chip off the Block hey???

 

[BAF]

Chip off the Block hey???

Takes after her mother with her vicious streak

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Contractors tried to plough our maize land this morning and plough won't go in the ground it's that hard.

 

[hally]

I haven’t had this much grass for years

All the cattle including stores are outside.. for the first time in 4-5 year I’ve empty sheds

Same here, spot on spring.

 

[michael N123]

Same here, spot on spring.

It couldn’t be any better and only put 25kg acre of N on grazing ground due to the cost of the stuff

 

[michael N123]

Contractors tried to plough our maize land this morning and plough won't go in the ground it's that hard.

Subsoil ahead of the plow