Wheat harvest 2018

Heathland

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
All done and dusted here,combine blown down,washed,and painted up.
Earliest finish ever.
By tonight everything will be baled up too.
Very average yields,best varieties,Kerrin equal with Reflection then as a second wheat Santiago,then Gravity followed up last with Graham,both the last two were also 1st wheats.
So Graham will be dropped here the next cropping year,its had 2 bad years here on both types of my land,so its had a fair trail here.
All osr will be Campus here as it blew Elgar out of the water for yield + very red .....faced quite literally.
Hoping to start drilling osr around the 20th.........but it depends on if its rained.
 

Bob lincs

Member
Arable Farmer
Nice Finnish to our WW yesterday 40ha field of Shabras yielded 437tons. Started spring wheat as it was dry but taking a bit of thrashing , spring drilled Belipi doing just a whisker under 3t/ha . We have had a bit of rain today so hopefully it will combine easier when it dries out .
 

Tractor Boy

Member
Location
Suffolk
Nice Finnish to our WW yesterday 40ha field of Shabras yielded 437tons. Started spring wheat as it was dry but taking a bit of thrashing , spring drilled Belipi doing just a whisker under 3t/ha . We have had a bit of rain today so hopefully it will combine easier when it dries out .
I started Mulika yesterday. Very underwhelmed at 4-4.5t/ha, but like you it just won’t thrash. I’ve got a heap in the shed that looks like barley because of the colour. It’s miniscule grains in the tips that won’t thrash out no matter what.
 

texelburger

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Herefordshire
Finished WW today,just 37 acres of S.oats that are not yet ready.Good yields being reported in our area.Combined some OSR and wheat for a neighbour and,I'm guessing the OSR did approx 5.2 t/ha and the wheat around 12 t/ha.This would be on some of the best ground money can buy.Our wheat would of averaged a little less,OSR likewise.I think our immediate area was greatly helped by some thunderstorms in June just at the right time.
 

lloyd

Member
Location
Herefordshire
Finished WW today,just 37 acres of S.oats that are not yet ready.Good yields being reported in our area.Combined some OSR and wheat for a neighbour and,I'm guessing the OSR did approx 5.2 t/ha and the wheat around 12 t/ha.This would be on some of the best ground money can buy.Our wheat would of averaged a little less,OSR likewise.I think our immediate area was greatly helped by some thunderstorms in June just at the right time.

Sounds impressive for year
Which part of Herefordshire?
 

MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
I started Mulika yesterday. Very underwhelmed at 4-4.5t/ha, but like you it just won’t thrash. I’ve got a heap in the shed that looks like barley because of the colour. It’s miniscule grains in the tips that won’t thrash out no matter what.
Had a sniff on mine and like you loads of tiny grains, tips hard to thrash out, reckon mine needs more time. A decent colour but heaven knows what the bushel weight will be, some is a bit pinched but was surprised by how much was in the tank after one headland run before I parked up.
 

Farmer T

Member
Location
East Midlands
Finished yesterday. So hard to tell how any variety yielded after the dry weather.

Lili was a sod to thrash but looked nice all year as did Santiago- so they’ll probably stay.

Gravity was put in on better soil so did ok- never looked amazing but I’ll see how the AHDB score it.

Cougar enjoyed a dry year and gave good quality but will probably disappear as I can’t store it separately to gain a premium.
 

franklin

New Member
Siskin, despite looking dead, gets another go as it was easily a week earlier than the Lili. Lili sample nice. Better than last year. Although makes me wonder if we could hit the bushel weights if any thicker. Both stay as too tight to buy new seed.
 

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