Wheat drilling 2020

Flat 10

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
Still holding the water, just, after 19mm since drilling on Sunday. Much more and it will start going horizontally and we don't want that. Preems, etc not a chance.
36mm here in the last 36 hours. Most drilling finished monday but 1 small bit done weds. Didn't apply any pre-em luckily. edit to the last 14ha.
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
My PDM is still in the shed. Been there over a year now. Sheep can make a hell of a mess over winter. Not heavy but seal the surface, hence I prefer cattle as they are off the fields and in straw bedded yards on lashings of lovely barley straw. No accident they built a massive crew yard here 200 years ago.

Nor my sheep. Shepherdess knows to get them shifted before the big rains. Been on about ten weeks and tidied the grass nicely for some pocket money.
 

Cowcorn

Member
Mixed Farmer
Well I probably just had to prove that argument right one last time! Other partners have influence as well.
Would mean lots of spring barley but is that any worse than looking at this?
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Spring barley, grass and beef would be my dream set up. Its what grade 3 needs. The rest is a busted flush that just brings stress, high risk and heartache.
To early to be worrying Doc , There wont be a loss on it !!! Its wet but its not ponding as long as the slugs and birds keep out of it it will be fine .
 

4course

Member
Location
north yorks
My PDM is still in the shed. Been there over a year now. Sheep can make a hell of a mess over winter. Not heavy but seal the surface, hence I prefer cattle as they are off the fields and in straw bedded yards on lashings of lovely barley straw. No accident they built a massive crew yard here 200 years ago.
therein lies the answer ,us young uns ( im66) have to accept /realise that grandad/great gandads knew more about looking after land than they have been given credit for or listened to
 

Bobthebuilder

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
northumberland
pulled our last 30ac through with power harrow and tine bar last weekend, but only had 1 dry day since, 27mm last night and rained all day today so won't be drilling it this year, it was a gamble as it was grass field that had been sprayed off and subsoiled but got wet so we needed to try something to loosen the surface to dry but sadly not to be, quite happy actually as the combi was nice n clean after being washed after a field that had black grass in
 

Adeptandy

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
PE15
What's everyone's thoughts, If you could drill wheat in the next couple of days into good conditions on fresh ploughed after beet(I could) would you??????
I cant get excited about too much spring barley.
I've got some patches largish patches to cut in when I get a chance, so I'd say yes, go for it.
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
What's everyone's thoughts, If you could drill wheat in the next couple of days into good conditions on fresh ploughed after beet(I could) would you??????
I cant get excited about too much spring barley.
Have you seen local weather.seems we got a lot of rain coming for next 3 days but good luck
nick...
 

robbie

Member
BASIS
Yes just looked at the forecast and it's now showing wet as sh!t for 3 days as you say. Pity as the ground was hazing out a treat behind the beet harvester and the forecast I looked at yesterday showed most of the rain missing us.

I'll see what happens.
 

redsloe

Member
Location
Cornwall
What's everyone's thoughts, If you could drill wheat in the next couple of days into good conditions on fresh ploughed after beet(I could) would you??????
I cant get excited about too much spring barley.
We have had 4 inches of rain this week, sheds flooded that have never flooded before! Depends if you feel lucky I guess.
 

JCfarmer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
warks
What's everyone's thoughts, If you could drill wheat in the next couple of days into good conditions on fresh ploughed after beet(I could) would you??????
I cant get excited about too much spring barley.
Definitely go for it! Probably January now? You don't suffer with BG?
What seed do you have or would wheat and sp barley be off the heap?
 

Heathland

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
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This is planned to go in with wheat,going to be a challenge for the Claydon,luckily its just one headland.
Will drill probably pull the plug at the start of February.
Gotta love sugar beet :cry: :banghead:
 

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