Wheat drilling 2020

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
20th of September is considered optimum drilling date for Barley around here.

That was the general consensus in Dorset too! I would have thought it would be earlier up north. Still 45 acres of barley to drill but I’m not too concerned. The forecast looks set fair after a few showers this week. 44mm rain here in the last 2 days is a setback!
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
That was the general consensus in Dorset too! I would have thought it would be earlier up north. Still 45 acres of barley to drill but I’m not too concerned. The forecast looks set fair after a few showers this week. 44mm rain here in the last 2 days is a setback!
Drains weren't running until today, and there are a lot of crops in the ground and getting away well.
Also, to all not you specifically, I don't get the worry about heavy rain after drilling, as long as seed beds aren't too fluffy and the water drains away fairly quickly?
 

Wombat

Member
BASIS
Location
East yorks
Drains weren't running until today, and there are a lot of crops in the ground and getting away well.
Also, to all not you specifically, I don't get the worry about heavy rain after drilling, as long as seed beds aren't too fluffy and the water drains away fairly quickly?

Thought that in Feb but they went down so well and fine and we had so much it just ponded and then the permeability of the clay drops to mm a month rather than an hour.
 

David.

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
Is that along the welsh lane? Looked good why haven't they cut it?
Yes, Banbury end.
Don't know any story, but told straw was green as grass a fortnight ago, and it would be contract cut.

Actually we've had 3" since Thursday, emptied gauge last night.
 

Worsall

Member
Arable Farmer
120mm over four days, far worse than last year here now. Severe flooding from the Cole and Thames. Waiting game now to see if recently planted grain can handle it. Feel for some who's houses have flooded.
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
Thought that in Feb but they went down so well and fine and we had so much it just ponded and then the permeability of the clay drops to mm a month rather than an hour.
Land was completely saturated in Feb though, a lot had slumped. My stuff just turned into gloop. How anything germinated at all is a miracle.
 

4course

Member
Location
north yorks
That was the general consensus in Dorset too! I would have thought it would be earlier up north. Still 45 acres of barley to drill but I’m not too concerned. The forecast looks set fair after a few showers this week. 44mm rain here in the last 2 days is a setback!
up here weve also got to take into account that some years although less often now harvest is a fortnight later finishing ,if we are well on ww harvest by 20th aug and finished by mrs 4 courses birthday 3rd sept that is where im aiming at doesnt always happen and this year was one of them then there is muck to spread bales to clear grass to sow etc etc before cereal sowing although we usually manage a bit of cultivation early ploughing before to help us get on but that didnt happen this time
 

Flintstone

Member
Location
Berkshire
Well, despite 110 min at the weekend, it’s going in really well.
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D14

Member
Believe me it has plenty of horrible stuff in it, especially on headlands. It’s all glacial moraine, so had a bit of everything including boulders that need the loader to shift . It’s come over nice this year though.

Anybody who can combi drill direct into ploughing does not have heavy land. Far from it in fact. Heavy land 'never' ploughs over lovely. It slabs over and then needs multiple passes with various pieces of equipment to get a seedbed.
 

DRC

Member
Anybody who can combi drill direct into ploughing does not have heavy land. Far from it in fact. Heavy land 'never' ploughs over lovely. It slabs over and then needs multiple passes with various pieces of equipment to get a seedbed.
Like I said, heavy in parts , especially on most headlands. Plenty of times I’ve ploughed over slabs , but rotation and regular fym, can make a big difference .
 

Wombat

Member
BASIS
Location
East yorks
can’t beat unmoved stubbles for weather safe ! amazing how well we have taken the rain so far

got to change discs on our drill today so will give it a day and get back on tomorrow

Soils have a lot to do with it though, our stubble is good but after 20mm it will still take while Thursday to get going. 100mm would have been a little while longer
 
It’s linseed stubble, and I’m amazed how well it has drained 11cm of rain away. If this sun stays out I might even be able to roll it later
on heavy land Linseed stubble in the 90s was only ploughable after 4 inches of rain
first linseed field ploughed a 17 acre field broke 17 shear bolts never ploughed it dry after that
before that only ever broke any on tree roots as after insited on hedge Stobin to hedge stobin Cropping
 

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