What % of your winter wheat is sown?

What % of your winter wheat has been sown

  • 0-20%

    Votes: 100 29.4%
  • 21-40%

    Votes: 31 9.1%
  • 41-60%

    Votes: 38 11.2%
  • 61-80%

    Votes: 37 10.9%
  • 81-90%

    Votes: 23 6.8%
  • 91-100%

    Votes: 106 31.2%
  • North East

    Votes: 41 12.1%
  • North West

    Votes: 15 4.4%
  • West Midlands

    Votes: 48 14.1%
  • East Midlands

    Votes: 60 17.6%
  • South West

    Votes: 51 15.0%
  • South East

    Votes: 30 8.8%
  • Scotland

    Votes: 17 5.0%
  • Wales

    Votes: 8 2.4%
  • East Anglia

    Votes: 46 13.5%
  • Northern Ireland

    Votes: 4 1.2%
  • September

    Votes: 25 7.4%
  • October

    Votes: 95 27.9%
  • November

    Votes: 46 13.5%
  • December

    Votes: 14 4.1%
  • January

    Votes: 17 5.0%
  • February

    Votes: 30 8.8%

  • Total voters
    340

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
There should be line for 0%. That would be ticked by many around here.

There is a line for 0-20%. I didn't want to complicate matters by breaking the categories much further. I'm sorry you haven't got any in.

which area is Suffolk in it's not south east or Midlands 100%drilled last week in October

Sorry about that. I did edit the poll to try & swap the double entry for NI for East Anglia. If I can get a moderator to let me tidy it up I'll add an East Anglian region. For the moment, choose E Mids and edit it when I can fix the issue.
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
There is a line for 0-20%. I didn't want to complicate matters by breaking the categories much further. I'm sorry you haven't got any in.



Sorry about that. I did edit the poll to try & swap the double entry for NI for East Anglia. If I can get a moderator to let me tidy it up I'll add an East Anglian region. For the moment, choose E Mids and edit it when I can fix the issue.


Brisel - you maybe should follow the Defra regions, as that is I suspect the AHDB system does. Then you would have to explain to respondents which counties are in which region - the chances of your respondents reading and acting correctly is likley to be slim, so thus by county is probably for this survey type a way of getting some accuracy into it.

Pretty important to capture East Anglia -first because that area usually grows largest area of winter cereals in UK, ad they had a reasonable autumn sowing period, thus as a region is the most 'sown up' I expect.

Best of luck with your survey. Bit like being a student again!?
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Brisel - you maybe should follow the Defra regions, as that is I suspect the AHDB system does. Then you would have to explain to respondents which counties are in which region - the chances of your respondents reading and acting correctly is likley to be slim, so thus by county is probably for this survey type a way of getting some accuracy into it.

Pretty important to capture East Anglia -first because that area usually grows largest area of winter cereals in UK, ad they had a reasonable autumn sowing period, thus as a region is the most 'sown up' I expect.

Best of luck with your survey. Bit like being a student again!?

I'd like to think I'd learnt some IT skills since being a student - evidently not.

The region is only a rough guide, as it the entire poll. Point taken about missing out East Anglia but see my previous post about being unable to edit.

North East - Northumberland, Durham, All of Yorkshire
North West - Other side of t'Pennines. Cumbria, Lancs, Cheshire, Merseyside, Manc
East Midlands - Lincs, Nothants, Derbys, Notts, Leics. All west of the Peak District
West Midlands - Staffs, Salop, Warks, H&W, Possibly N Glos
East Anglia - Norfolk, Suffolk, Beds, Essex, Herts, Cambs
South East - Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Oxon, Berks, Bucks
South West - Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, S Glos
 

Shutesy

Moderator
Arable Farmer
Brisel - you maybe should follow the Defra regions, as that is I suspect the AHDB system does. Then you would have to explain to respondents which counties are in which region - the chances of your respondents reading and acting correctly is likley to be slim, so thus by county is probably for this survey type a way of getting some accuracy into it.

Pretty important to capture East Anglia -first because that area usually grows largest area of winter cereals in UK, ad they had a reasonable autumn sowing period, thus as a region is the most 'sown up' I expect.

Best of luck with your survey. Bit like being a student again!?
Switched the unused NI to East Anglia and changed my vote to suit, anyone who is in East Anglia but picked a different region initially just needs to change there votes (you will have to reselect all 3 options).
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
Brisel - you maybe should follow the Defra regions, as that is I suspect the AHDB system does. Then you would have to explain to respondents which counties are in which region - the chances of your respondents reading and acting correctly is likley to be slim, so thus by county is probably for this survey type a way of getting some accuracy into it.

Pretty important to capture East Anglia -first because that area usually grows largest area of winter cereals in UK, ad they had a reasonable autumn sowing period, thus as a region is the most 'sown up' I expect.

Best of luck with your survey. Bit like being a student again!?

Well done. I retract and apologise for saying slim chance of getting correct region. With the county information you have provided there is no excuse now. Cheers.
 

An Gof

Member
Location
Cornwall
There should be line for 0%. That would be ticked by many around here.
I’m ashamed to say that I also need to tick the 0% box :cry: Makes me feel a little inadequate but no wheat drilled here. Barely and Oats are all in the ground, after a fashion, but it never dried up long enough to get the wheat in.
Cant ever remember an autumn/winter like it.
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
I’m ashamed to say that I also need to tick the 0% box :cry: Makes me feel a little inadequate but no wheat drilled here. Barely and Oats are all in the ground, after a fashion, but it never dried up long enough to get the wheat in.
Cant ever remember an autumn/winter like it.

Given you are in Cornwall a valiant effort to get the barley and oats in I would have thought. :) At least you will have saved the worry of Septoria epidemic when it rains for rest of year!
 

An Gof

Member
Location
Cornwall
Given you are in Cornwall a valiant effort to get the barley and oats in I would have thought. :) At least you will have saved the worry of Septoria epidemic when it rains for rest of year!

Those using a plough immediately followed by P/Hdrill mostly managed to get crops in. My problem is that I drill with a Vaddy ....... they most certainly are not the preferred drilling system in a year like this.
 

B'o'B

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Rutland
I'd like to think I'd learnt some IT skills since being a student - evidently not.

The region is only a rough guide, as it the entire poll. Point taken about missing out East Anglia but see my previous post about being unable to edit.

North East - Northumberland, Durham, All of Yorkshire
North West - Other side of t'Pennines. Cumbria, Lancs, Cheshire, Merseyside, Manc
East Midlands - Lincs, Nothants, Derbys, Notts, Leics. All west of the Peak District
West Midlands - Staffs, Salop, Warks, H&W, Possibly N Glos
East Anglia - Norfolk, Suffolk, Beds, Essex, Herts, Cambs
South East - Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hants, Oxon, Berks, Bucks
South West - Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, S Glos
What about little old Rutland?:cry:
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
Good point.

Let's hope they did well over 100% to pull the average up to 93.

I gather everyone in East Anglia has taken the view prices are going to be through the roof, so have drilled everything twice, so are anticipating double the yield, so 18 tonnes hectare, thus pulling up the AHDB averages. I am surprised you folks in the SOuth West haven't cottoned onto this concept of drilling twice to double the yield. Of more importance are you in need of a new rain gauge and umbrella yet? I am sure yours must be worn out. :)
 

B'o'B

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Rutland
I gather everyone in East Anglia has taken the view prices are going to be through the roof, so have drilled everything twice, so are anticipating double the yield, so 18 tonnes hectare, thus pulling up the AHDB averages. I am surprised you folks in the SOuth West haven't cottoned onto this concept of drilling twice to double the yield. Of more importance are you in need of a new rain gauge and umbrella yet? I am sure yours must be worn out. :)
@bankrupt you’ll be quids in the amount of times you have tried to establish your wheat. 3 or 4 times your 5 year average must be on the cards!
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Those using a plough immediately followed by P/Hdrill mostly managed to get crops in. My problem is that I drill with a Vaddy ....... they most certainly are not the preferred drilling system in a year like this.

Plenty of ploughed and combid stuff here has failed. I mean, rivers over it, no pre em, ruts from quad bike slug pelleting etc.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 81 42.2%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 68 35.4%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 30 15.6%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 7 3.6%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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